Library and Information Science- Short Notes

Library and Information Science- Short Notes


1.  SCOPUS 


 Scopus is one of the two big commercial, bibliographic and citation databases that cover scholarly literature from almost any discipline. Beside searching for research articles, Scopus also provides academic journal rankings, author profiles, and an h-index calculator.

             v     Abstract and citation database of research literature

             v   Launched:   2004

v  Coverage: approx. 71 million items

v  Discipline: Multidisciplinary

v  Access options: Limited free preview, full access by institutional subscription only

v  Provider: Elsevier (Netherland)

Temporal Coverage:-  1788-Present

Website:- www.scopus.com





2.  WEB OF SCIENCE


  Web of Science also known as Web of Knowledge is the second big bibliographic database.  
In 1997, soon after the birth of the World Wide Web, the company launched the Web of Science, which combined separate citation indexes in a single web portal. In 1992, the Thomson Corporation acquired ISI. Thomson merged with Reuters in 2008 to form Thomson Reuters.

v Access options: institutional subscription only

v Provider: Clarivate (formerly Thomson Reuters)

v Science is a platform consisting of several literature search database design to support scientific and Scholarly.

v  Before Name:- Web  of Knowledge

v Founded:- Institute for scientific information

v  Headquarter:- Philadelphia  United State (USA)

v  Producer:- Clarivate analytics ( USA)

v Multidisciplinary:- Science, Social Science, Arts and Humanities (256 Subject) 

v Access Options:- Institutional Subscription only

v  Temporal Coverage:- 1902 to  Present

v  Number of Record:- 90 Million +

v  Website:- www.webofknowledge.com

v  Area Served:-World Wide

v  Copyright:- 2018 Clarivate

3.  ELSEVIER SCIENCE

  Is a global information analytics business that help institution and professional advance healthcare and open science.

v  Establish:-  1880

v  Elesvier Science Publisher :- 1930

v  Logo:- Tree

v  Headquarter:- Amsterdom Netherland

v  Moto:- Non Solus ( not alone)

v  Website:-  www.elsevier.co.

v  Office in India:- Chennai Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi

v  CEO: Ron mobed

v  Parental Organization:- RELX Group

v Discipline:- Social Science, Humanities, Health ,Life Science, Physical Science and Engineering.

v  Product:- Science Direct, Scopus, Clinicalkey, Evolve etc.

v Service:- Discovery Service, Professional Service, Literature Service

4.  ERIC


For education sciences, ERIC is the number one destination. ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center, and is a database that specifically hosts education-related literature.

v  Coverage: approx. 1.3 million items

v  Discipline: Education science

v  Access options: free

 v  Established: 1966

v Provider: U.S. Department of Education 

5.  SCIENCE DIRECT

  Science Direct is the gateway to the millions of academic articles published by Elsevier. 2,500 journals and more than 40,000 e-books can be searched via a single interface.
  •  Coverage: approx. 16 million items
  •   Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  •   Access options: free
  •  Provider: Elsevier
  • Launched in March 1997.

6.  JSTOR


JSTOR is another great resource to find research papers. Any article published before 1924 in the United States is available for free and JSTOR also offers scholarships for independent researchers.

  v  Journal storage
v  Launch:- 1995
v  Merge:- J-Store + ITHIKA ( 2009)
v  Organization:- Non-Profit Organization
v  Access options:- free
v  Country:- United State
v  Headquarter:-New York
v  Provider:- ITHAKA
v  Copyright:- ITHIKA
v  Coverage:-  Approx. 12 Million items
v  Discipline:-Arts, Humanities, Social Science and other area all field coverage
v  Collection:- Journal Academic Monograph, Research Report, Primary Source

7.  J- Gate

v  J- Gate is in Electronic Gateway to Global E-Journal literature

v  Launch:- 2001

  v  Producer:-  Informatics India Ltd (India)

v  Cost:- Free and subscription

v  Collection:- Article, Journal.

v  Languages:- English

v  Disciplines:- Multidisciplinary

v  Website:- www.jgateplus.com

8. SCIFINDER

 This research discovery tool allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science

  • Chemical Abstract Database

·    SciFinder is a Portal to Chemistry and Relative Information Provide easily access

·  Introduce:- 1995

·  Print:- 2010 (Close)

·  Coverage Begin:-  1907

· Website:- scifinder.cas.org

· Headquarter:- Columbia Ohia

· Copyright:- American Chemical Society (2018)

 · Publisher:- Chemical Abstract Society United State

· Coverage:- Journal, Patent, Dissertation

· Area Served:- World Wide




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