This presentation shows you how to search Scopus.

1. Literature Search
Scopus
Somkiat Asawaphureekorn
M.D., M.Sc. (Clinical Epidemiology)
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2. Department of Ophthalmology,
Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital
Khon Kaen University,
Khon Kaen, Thailand.
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3. Scopus
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4. Scopus Document Search
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5. Rules for Search Terms 1
• General rules
 Not case sensitive
 Entering singular nouns will also search for plural
nouns and possessives (with some exceptions)
 Search for Greek alphabet letters using OR alpha,
OR beta
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6. Rules for Search Terms 2
• Phrase search
 Multiple words with spaces will be AND together
 Use “ ” or { } to force a phrase search
• Double quotes will search for fuzzy phrases
• Singular and plurals (with some exceptions)
• Symbols are ignored
• Wildcards can be used
– e.g., “heart-attack” will search for heart-attack, heart
attack, heart attacks, and so on.
• Curly brackets will search for the specified phrase
• Symbols can be used
– e.g., {heart-attack} will only search for heart-attack
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7. Rules for Search Terms 3
• Wildcards
 * replaces any number of characters
• toxi* will search for toxin, toxic, toxicity, toxicology, etc.
 ? replaces only one character
• sawt??th will search for sawtooth and sawteeth
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8. Rules for Search Terms 4
• Logical operators
 “AND” searches for articles containing both words
 “OR” searches for articles containing either or both
words
 “AND NOT” searches for articles that do not contain
the following word
• e.g., tumor AND NOT malignant
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9. Rules for Search Terms 5
• Proximity operators
 “W/n” restricts to n words between the two words
• The word order is not set
• e.g., pain W/5 morphine
 “PRE/n” restricts to n words between the two words
• The word order is as set
• e.g., newborn PRE/3 screening
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10. Rules for Search Terms 6
• Operator priority order
 1. OR
 2. W/n or PRE/n
 3. AND
 4. AND NOT
• Use parentheses to change the priority order
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11. Phrase and Proximity Search
• Search term: selective (laser) trabeculoplasty
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12. Exact Phrase Search
• Search term: “ranked-segment” in title
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13. Conference Proceedings
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14. Knowledge & Wisdom
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15. Knowledge & Wisdom
Knowledge …
is proud that he has learnt so much,
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16. Knowledge & Wisdom
Knowledge …
is proud that he has learnt so much,
Wisdom …
is humble that he knows no more.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

17. Knowledge & Wisdom
Knowledge …
is proud that he has learnt so much,
Wisdom …
is humble that he knows no more.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

18. Knowledge & Wisdom
Knowledge …
is proud that he has learnt so much,
Wisdom …
is humble that he knows no more.
The Task (1785) by
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19. Knowledge & Wisdom
Knowledge …
is proud that he has learnt so much,
Wisdom …
is humble that he knows no more.
The Task (1785) by
William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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21. THANK YOU
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