CHEMISTRY:Academic Research Resources

Effective Information Searching

Learning OutcomesLearning OutcomesConstruct effective keyword searches

Choose appropriate databases according to needs

Navigate and search SciFinder Scholar and Web of Science’s Science Citation Index to find chemical information and literature

Access the fulltext of journal articles in three ways

Identify and describe Library services provided for final-year students

• TruncationTruncation– Useful to find words in variant forms– Search all words that start with the same characters– Represent multiple characters– Placement of truncation symbol is significant

• Phrase searchPhrase search– To search multiple keywords as an exact phrase

• E.g. anionic analytes– With limitations

e.g. “anionic sensors” CANNOT find titles with “detection of anions”, “signal the presence of anionic analytes”, etc.

• WildcardWildcard– Useful to find words in different spelling, singular/plural form– Represent zero or a single character

• Combining the use of AND, OR, AND NOTCombining the use of AND, OR, AND NOT– Useful to narrow down, expand your search – To exclude unwanted concepts– Use brackets to set search priority

network* VS net*

network* VS net*

Behavio?r Wom?n

Behavio?r Wom?n

(detect* OR sens???) AND anion*

(detect* OR sens???) AND anion*

((internet OR network) AND securit*) AND NOT Asia*

((internet OR network) AND securit*) AND NOT Asia*

SEARCHING SKILLS

The Steps1.1. Define your search topicDefine your search topic

Be specific; try to write it in the form of a question. Is pollution of groundwater a problem in Hong Kong?

2.2. Identify the main conceptsIdentify the main concepts Ignore “soft” words or connectors e.g. effect, improve, impact

pollutiongroundwaterHong Kong

3.3. Create a list of possible search termsCreate a list of possible search termspollution, pollutants, pollute, pollut*groundwater, underground stream*Hong Kong

4.4. Combine your search terms appropriatelyCombine your search terms appropriatelypollut*

and(groundwater or underground stream*)

and Hong Kong

* - variant endings

AND – narrows search, use between concepts

OR – broadens search, use between synonyms

( ) – orders search, use to keep your synonyms together – one concept

• Why reading journal articles?

• Effective searching of CHEM. and related journal articles in Google? Google Scholar? SciFinder Scholar?

• Try finding publication title = “Analytica Chimica Acta” and article title = anion sensor

Recognize the Importance of Using Journals in Research

ELECTRONIC DATABASESSciFinder Scholar (2 users)

A Web version of Chemical Abstracts from 1907 onwards. Complete coverage of chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, and related disciplines from 9500+ journals and patent information from 50+ active patent issuing authorities

Research topicBy topic

By author

By institution name

Chemical substance (organic and inorganic substance and their sequence) information

Explore by:

Chemical structure

Substance identifier/ name

Molecular formula

CAS registry number

Structure similarity

Get related works References cited in document

References that cite tselected document

Analyze/Refine FeaturesWho has most publications?

Who has most patents?

Limit by document type,

Topic Search

Substance Search

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)

Indexes 5,900+ major journals across 150 scientific disciplines with cited references.

Cited references listed in each articleCheck journal abbreviations and full title

“Times cited”: provides with a list of articles that cited the parent article

Follow-up studies, similar studies, etc. Later articles which build on this one to some extent.

Related records which provide a list of articles that share at least one same cited works in the parent article

Sometimes referred to as “cousins” – other articles that build on similar studies.

Full-text linking in some records WebBridge enabled in all

Cited/Citing References

John Dune. 1999. Journal of Artificial Intelligence 30(3), pp.20-33.

Control of artificial intelligence.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Bibliographies:

(1) Chan, A. (1994). The world is dirty. Journal of World Disorder 10(2), pp.2-4.

(2) Au, Chris. (1995). Missing our mind. World Report 2(4), pp.13-27.

(3) Wilson, William. (1995). Judgement day. American Sociology, 6(1), pp.415-417.

Citing Paper 引用文獻

Cited

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被引文

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(1)

(2)

(3)

Citation Index 引文索引Search both Citing paper + Cited paper

(A)

(C)

M. Lee. 2005.Journal of Computing60 (4), pp.11-17Reference:John Dune. 1999. Journal of AI

Y. Cheung. 2004.Journal of Computing60 (4), pp.11-17Reference:John Dune. 1999. Journal of AI

(B)

F. Tsang. 2006.Journal of Computing60 (4), pp.11-17Reference:John Dune. 1999. Journal of AI

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UNDERSTANDING REFERENCES

TEST YOURSELF

References: 1. Das, A. and coworkers, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 3445-3448

and references therein. 2. Miyaji, H. and Sessker J.L. Angew Chem. 2001, 40,

154-157.

TEST YOURSELF

References: 1. Das, A. and coworkers, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 3445-3448

and references therein. 2. Miyaji, H. and Sessker J.L. Angew Chem. 2001, 40,

154-157.

Source: extracted from Undergrad. Research Project 2005-06

CHECK the JOURNAL Abbreviation:

Org. Lett., =?

Angew Chem. = ?

CHECK the JOURNAL Abbreviation:

Org. Lett., =?

Angew Chem. = ?

Tips

1. Use the list of Journal Abbreviations in “Cited Reference Search” Mode in Web of Science – Science Citation Index Expanded

2. Check in the Periodical title abbreviations v.1 By abbreviation (Call number: R 050.148 P418)

Which resource would you use?You want to find the chemical structure of X.

You want to find other chemicals that are similar in structure to X.

You want to find recent journal articles on the topic of …..

You want to find what other articles have cited an important article on your topic

You want to find who won the Nobel prize for chemistry for the last ten years

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Analytical WebBase (Royal Society of Chemistry) Formerly Analytical Abstracts. Covers over 250 international journals and includes the full content of Analytical Abstracts from 1980 to date. It provides comprehensive coverage of new analytical techniques and applications that have been reported in the world's literature. Unlimited access.

Contains a thesaurus of tens of thousands of synonyms of chemical names and acronyms of techniques.

Lists index terms assigned from an analytical perspective in each record

ANALYTE - the substance being determined

MATRIX - the material being analysed

TECHNIQUE - including fields of study, instruments, physico-chemical parameters, etc

Check the “Source” of the article in HKBU Lib.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Finding Conference Papers

Conference Papers Index (CSA)• Major scientific meetings around the world since 1982 • Covering chemistry and chemical engineering

Proceedings (OCLC)

• Covers every published congress symposium, conference, workshop and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre• Contains a list of the papers presented at each conference.

Other Online Databases

TOXLINE (CSA)

• Contains information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Applied Science Index (WilsonWeb)• General science• Index only

ELECTRONIC BOOKS

• 75,000+ e-books so far

• Well over 5000 chemistry e-books

• Ebrary

• SpringerLink

• NetLibrary

OTHER ONLINE TOOLS

• Library Digital Projects

– HKBU Examination Papers

– HKBU Faculty & Staff Papers & Reports Catalogue

– HKBU Honours Project Handbooks

– HKBU Honours Project Database

• E-Reference Tools

• E-Learning Resources

LIBRARY SERVICES• Search 8 university library catalogues together

• Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL)– Request books that our Library does not hold or that have been checked out, but

held by other libraries with the status “AVAILABLE”

• Interlibrary Loan Service– Request articles from journals we do not subscribe to at HKBU– First 20 articles per academic year free of charge– Web-based HKBU ILL System

• First-time user registration• Keep track of the status of requests online• Retrieve electronic articles on desktop• HK$5 charge for each additional article filled by local libraries.

• Reader Card to UGC Libraries– HK$50 per application– valid for 3 months, non-renewable– endorsement from supervisor; interview

: Citation Management Software

• Import references directly from major databases or enter references manually • Create personal folders and organize references into folders for different topics

• Create and format bibliographies and in-text citations

• Access your references from any location

Unit 2.2: Citing Information Resources @Library Tutorials

COMPILING BIBLIOGRAPHY

NO EXCESSIVE/SYSTEMATIC DOWNLOADING

• If a suspicious usage pattern indicative of excessive printing / copying / downloading is detected, the activity is logged

and the user is sent a copyright warning, at the very least ….

Misuse of e-resources and/or violation of the agreements may result in the suspension or

termination of access to Library-subscribed electronic resource from the entire University community!

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