{"id":6923,"date":"2022-03-15T14:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/?page_id=6923"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T11:29:41","slug":"databases-of-science-and-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/2-module-discipline-specific-information-retrieval\/databases-of-science-and-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Databases of science and engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>The two major multidisciplinary databases,<\/strong> <strong>Scopus and Web of Science, are highly relevant databases<\/strong> in the fields of engineering, mathematics, forestry and natural and life sciences, since the majority of their content is about science in related fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contents and features of Scopus and Web of science are explained at the page <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/multidisciplinary-databases\/\">Multidisciplinary databases.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>However, there are also some discipline-wide databases that are used as primary sources of information<\/strong>. Moreover, there are some other databases of specific fields that can be helpful. Below are the introductions of the main databases on biology and environmental science, chemistry, engineering and computer science, forestry, mathematics and physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To see the whole list of resources available<\/strong>, please visit the library&#8217;s web-page<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/library\/information-retrieval-and-training#paragraph-20253\"> Information retrieval and training &#8211; Information resources by discipline.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In addition,<\/strong> <strong>you may benefit from using the databases of some other disciplines<\/strong>. For instance, medical physics may be found from health sciences databases, or teaching of biology may be found from databases on education.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_c30ba97212e7bed165c1c7f64f4907c5\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-4727\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-4727\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBiology and environmental science\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-4727\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-4727\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911700183705966&amp;lang=en\"><strong>Scopus\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a>(link opens in a new tab) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699123705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web of S<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699123705966\">cience<\/a> <\/strong>(link opens in a new tab) are the main sources for biology and environmental sciences. However, you may also make use of another discipline that you are interested in, for instance health sciences databases for environmental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to scientific articles, the <strong>ProQuest databases<\/strong> contain additional information in the form of dissertations and non-scholarly sources.<\/p>\n<h4>ProQuest databases: SciTech Premium collection<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699233705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ProQuest <\/a><\/strong> (link opens in a new tab in UEF Primo) is not a single database, but a collection of several databases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">ProQuest SciTech:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>consists <\/strong>of three sub-collections: Natural science collection, Science database, Technology collection\n<ul>\n<li>Natural science collection consists of Agricultural &amp; environmental, Biological and Earth, atmospheric &amp; aquatic science collections<\/li>\n<li>these can be searched separately or together; you can choose the combination yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>covers the years<\/strong>: 1946 onwards; some subdatabases may not go that far<\/li>\n<li><strong>covers the document types:<\/strong> mainly journal articles, also from non-scholarly sources; proceedings; reports; government publications; dissertations<\/li>\n<li><strong>uses the thesaurus:<\/strong> depends on the selected database(s) \u2013 if several databases are searched together, not all of them supply the same subject terms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ProQuest\u2019s strength is the coverage of multiple document types. Yet just the scholarly content can be searched by clicking the \u2018Peer reviewed\u2019 or \u2018Scholarly journals\u2019 selection. There are also a lot of links to the full-texts of the documents.<\/p>\n<p>Within ProQuest search interface, there are many possibilities for refining and limiting the results. There are a lot of choices for selecting a certain search field, but on the other hand, most of these options are available only in the command line search, which is not familiar to most users.<\/p>\n<p>Since the results come from different databases, there might be duplicates or even triplicates in the search results.<\/p>\n<p>One confusing thing with the ProQuest databases is their tendency to change the selection of databases and their grouping quite often. However, the most important databases are offered permanently in the group of SciTech premium collection, even though the group label may change at times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12304\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12304\" class=\"wp-image-12304\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Proquest_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of ProQuest searching rules. Boolean operators: as usual. Proximity operator: NEAR\/n (no specific order) and PRE\/n (given order). Truncation: middle and end; maximum of 5 characters are replaced; truncated term doesn\u2019t count in relevancy order. Wildcards: ? replaces one or zero characters. Phrase: as usual. Stemming and spelling: as usual. Search fields to start with: Anywhere except full-text \u2013 NOFT.\" width=\"600\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Proquest_tekn_taulukko.png 815w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Proquest_tekn_taulukko-768x315.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Technical characteristics of ProQuest databases.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Search query example<\/h4>\n<p>The topic of this query is the conservation of endangered plants impact on ecosystem services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7740\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_pq_query_example.png\" alt=\"Screen capture of Proquest\/SciTech premium collection database advanced search form with some hints of using search techniques. Search query is: (plant NEAR\/3 (endangered OR threatened)) AND (conservation OR protect*) AND \u201cecosystem service*\u201d. The query is written on three rows so that AND-operators are located between the rows.\" width=\"600\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_pq_query_example.png 1239w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_pq_query_example-768x348.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video tutorials<\/h4>\n<p>(links open in new tabs)<\/p>\n<p>Formulating a query, filters, saving:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WS-kuHfT3x8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProQuest: Advanced searching<\/a> (4 min)<\/p>\n<p>How to search the essential search fields simultaneously:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fI-NocB6E8E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProQuest Tutorial<\/a> (2 min)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-3674\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-3674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChemistry\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-3674\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-3674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chemistry has one major specific database, Scifinder-n. Its&#8217; properties and search logic differ to some extent from general rules of other databases.<\/p>\n<h4>SciFinder-n<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>covers the years: 1907 onwards, some coverage from early 1800s<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, patents<\/li>\n<li>uses the thesaurus: CAS Lexicon expressed as Concepts and Substances; MeSH for some number of publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699443705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SciFinder-n.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SciFinder is a versatile search engine for information about literature, patents, chemical substances, compounds and reactions by CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service). A search query can be expressed by search terms, chemical formulas or even by drawing.<\/p>\n<p>There are 50,000 scientific journals indexed; thousands of them currently active. The coverage of languages (50) and countries (over 180) is wide. All titles and abstracts are translated into English.<\/p>\n<p>SciFinder\u2019s strength is the comprehensive use of concepts, compounds and substances indexed in every document. The reference data is connected to other CAS resources, like CAS registry numbers and patents. Concepts can be viewed in CAS Lexicon, which is available in SciFinder interface.<\/p>\n<p>SciFinder\u2019s operating principles differ from other databases, which might be confusing when you need to use several databases for your research. This includes the use of operators as well as terms and their order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12055\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12055\" class=\"wp-image-12055\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scifinder_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of Scifinder searching rules. Boolean operators: OR-operation is executed before AND and NOT; OR-operator is by default between two words, if an operator is not typed. Proximity operator: none. Truncation: middle and end. Wildcards: ? replaces zero or one characters. Phrase: as usual. Stemming and spelling: as usual; in addition, concepts automatically recognize some synonyms.\" width=\"600\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scifinder_tekn_taulukko.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scifinder_tekn_taulukko-768x325.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialities in SciFinder.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Search query examples<\/h4>\n<p>The topic of the query is gold nanoparticles catalytic activity in oxidation and hydrogenation processes. The query is: <em>gold OR au AND nano* AND cataly* AND activity OR efficiency AND oxidation AND hydrogenation<\/em>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1583412657149444099\">View the accessible version<\/a> of the picture.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"369.64360587002096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1583412657149444099\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>There is another way to search for articles and other information using the Substances or Reactions tab.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1583420307132121091\">View the accessible version<\/a> of the picture.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"356.9315825846579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1583420307132121091\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h4>Video tutorials<\/h4>\n<p>(Links open in new tabs)<\/p>\n<p>Natural language and simple Boolean search; sorting:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FJOmQpEmg0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to perform a reference search<\/a> (4:43).<\/p>\n<p>More comprehensive query with Boolean operators:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_o9VzkmayEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overview of advanced reference searching<\/a> (4:46).<\/p>\n<p>Full playlist of Scifinder tutorials by CAS, including substance searching:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLB5yoyDBtQbX3FgBC1OSM1wuDI5ujw_eY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using CAS SciFinder-n<\/a> (17 videos).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-275\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-275\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEngineering and computer science\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-275\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-275\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The IEEE Xplore database is useful to both computer science and engineering in general. The ACM database covers the proceedings and journals of the Association for Computing Machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Scopus and Web of Science are both relevant databases along with these two.<\/p>\n<h4>IEEE Xplore<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>covers the years: 1988 onwards<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: Journals, magazines, transactions, standards, and conference proceedings<\/li>\n<li>uses the thesaurus: IEEE Terms, INSPEC Terms, and Mesh Terms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/sp0qa1\/alma9911698103705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Xplore<\/a> (link opens in a new tab).<\/p>\n<p>IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore contains journals, magazines, transactions, standards and conference proceedings of electrical engineering, communications and computer science. Contents mainly date back to 1988 and there are over 5,7 million documents available (2022). Approximately 25,000 new documents are added each month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11694\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11694\" class=\"wp-image-11694\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_IEEE_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of IEEE Xplore searching rules.Boolean operators: type operators with capital letters. Proximity operator: NEAR\/n = n words before or after and ONENEAR\/n = n words before. Truncation: beginning, middle, end. Wildcards: ? replaces one character. Phrase: as usual. Stemming and spelling: doesn\u2019t work with quotes. Search fields to start with: All metadata.\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_IEEE_tekn_taulukko.png 809w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_IEEE_tekn_taulukko-768x387.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialties in IEEE Xplore.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Search query example<\/h4>\n<p>The topic of this query is the battery life of autonomous cars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8380\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/IEEE-hakuesimerkki.png\" alt=\"Screen capture of IEEE Xplore database advanced search form with some hints of using search techniques. Search query is: (autonomous NEAR\/3 (vehicle OR car)) AND \u201cbatter* life\u201d. The query is written on two rows so that AND-operator is located between the rows. Selected search field is Abstract.\" width=\"600\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/IEEE-hakuesimerkki.png 3514w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/IEEE-hakuesimerkki-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/IEEE-hakuesimerkki-1536x565.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/IEEE-hakuesimerkki-2048x754.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video tutorials<\/h4>\n<p>(links open in new tabs)<\/p>\n<p>Search terms, search, limiting, exporting:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oXzHKtaNnlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basic search in IEEE Xplore<\/a> (4:19)<\/p>\n<p>Search technique, limiting, editing, citing:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G3m4qDL4CME&amp;feature=emb_imp_woyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced search in IEEE Xplore<\/a> (4:32)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/IEEEXploreDigitalLibrary\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The full list of tutorials by IEEE<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>ACM Digital Library<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>covers the years: 1947 onwards<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books<\/li>\n<li>uses the thesaurus: none<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF Primo: <a href=\"http:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/sp0qa1\/alma9911699513705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACM<\/a> (link opens in new tab).<\/p>\n<p>ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) database contains two items: the Full-Text collection of all ACM publications and The ACM Guide to Computing literature. The ACM Full-Text collection contains full-texts of journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books. The ACM Guide to Computing literature is a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing (not everything available as full-text).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11697\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11697\" class=\"wp-image-11697\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_ACM_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of ACM searching rules. Boolean operators: default operator between search terms is OR. Proximity operator: none. Truncation: middle, end; cannot be used at the start of a search term or within quotes. Wildcards: ? replaces one character; cannot be used at the start of a search term or within quotes. Phrase: as usual. Stemming and spelling: works also within quotes. Search fields to start with: Anywhere.\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_ACM_tekn_taulukko.png 816w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_ACM_tekn_taulukko-768x371.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialties in ACM.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Search query example<\/h4>\n<p>The topic of this query is facial recognition by computers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8404\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ACM-hakuesimerkki-1.png\" alt=\"Screen capture of AMC database advanced search form with some hints of using search techniques. From two options available for \u2019Select items from:\u2019, the ACM Full-text collection is selected. Search query is: \u201cartificial intelligence\u201d computer AND \u201cfacial recognition\u201d. The query is written on two rows so that AND-operator is located between the rows. Since OR-operator is a default, the meaning of the firs row is: &quot;artificial intelligence&quot; OR computer. Selected search field is Anywhere (by default) for the first row and Title for the second row.\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ACM-hakuesimerkki-1.png 2895w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ACM-hakuesimerkki-1-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ACM-hakuesimerkki-1-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/05\/ACM-hakuesimerkki-1-2048x1127.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video tutorial:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-3l_G0ebC2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital library user demonstration<\/a> (10:40) (link opens in a new tab) \u2013 content information, search techniques, citing, saving the results.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-7086\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-7086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tForestry\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-7086\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-7086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911700183705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus<\/a><\/strong> (link opens in a new tab) and <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699123705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Web of Science<\/strong><\/a> (link opens in a new tab) are the main sources of forestry.<\/p>\n<p>However, you may also make use of another discipline in your field of interest, like social sciences for forest policy, engineering for forest mapping, biology for forest ecology, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the applied research is not published through scholarly journals. You can search for this kind of information using Google or Google Scholar or UEF Primo\u2019s All e-resources.<\/p>\n<p>Some national resources may also be useful, like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jukuri.luke.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jukuri : the open repository of Natural Resources Institute Finland<\/a>: <\/strong>(link opens in a new tab). More extensive coverage of Finnish publications can be browsed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiedejatutkimus.fi\/fi\/results\/publications?size=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Tiedejatutkimus.fi\/Publications<\/strong><\/a> (from 2011 onward) (link opens in a new tab).<\/p>\n<p>If you need international non-scholarly sources, like magazines and newspaper, or information about dissertations, you can try <strong>SciTech Premium Collection by ProQuest<\/strong> (see more about the database on the Biology and Environmental science -section above).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-8530\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-8530\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMathematics\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-8530\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-8530\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>MathSciNet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>covers the years: data from early 19th century onwards, Mathematical Abstracts from 1940 onwards<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: journals articles, books, proceedings<\/li>\n<li>uses the thesaurus: instead of verbal subject terms, MathSciNet uses classification codes for describing the content of publications. The codes can be searched and browsed from a specific tool Mathematics Subject Classification 2020 version (link opens in a new tab).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699163705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MathSciNet<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe database has an alternative access through <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911701653705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebscohost platform<\/a> (link opens in a new tab).<\/p>\n<p>The database contains only mathematics. 650 journals are indexed to the database. There are over 4 million records available (2022), and 125,000 new records are added every year.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the records contain a review text by a specialist. A review describes the content and its significance. Some records contain the abstract copied from original publication in place of a review.<\/p>\n<p>Mathscinet\u2019s strength is the possibility to use classification codes along with search terms in queries. Classification is a traditional way to describe the contents of documents. Mathscinet doesn\u2019t contain any other keywords. In case there is no review or abstract saved within the record, the search possibilities are rather limited: only the title and classifications codes.<\/p>\n<p>The database does not offer any tools for locating the actual articles, but there are quite a lot of direct links to the full-texts available.<\/p>\n<p>MathSciNet is provided by American Mathematical Society AMS. It uses professional mathematicians for presenting and saving the information.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13651\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13651\" class=\"wp-image-13651\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/M2_mathscinet_taulukko.png\" alt=\"A table with text. Mathscinet searching rules. Boolean operators: as usual; Proximity operator: none, terms within same search row are searced from same field; Truncation (*): end of the term only; Wild-cards: none; Phrase: as usual; quotation marks are needed also with words containing a hyphen; Stemming and spelling: alternative spellings are not searched automatically, does not recognize special characters like \u03b2; Search fields to start with: any = anywhere.\" width=\"600\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/M2_mathscinet_taulukko.png 973w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/M2_mathscinet_taulukko-768x216.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Technical characteristics of MathScinet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Search query example and tutorial<\/h4>\n<p>The topic of the query is (solutions of) nonlinear equations with generalized (p-)Laplacian(-like\/-type) operators. The query is: <em>\u201claplac* operat*\u201d~1 AND generali* AND (non-linear OR nonlinear) AND equation<\/em>. This examples uses the AMS platform of MathSciNet with Classic interface.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1583007059127828481\">View the accessible version<\/a> of the picture.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"647.20156555773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1583007059127828481\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-6276\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-6276\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhysics\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-6276\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-6276\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911700183705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scopus <\/a><\/strong>(link opens in a new tab) and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699123705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web of Science<\/a><\/strong> (link opens in a new tab) are the main sources for physics.<\/p>\n<p>However, you may also make use of another discipline in your fields of interest, like health sciences, especially the PubMed database, for medical physics; engineering for photonics; or chemistry for material science, etc.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there is one <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911698133705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specialised database for optics and photonics:<strong> Optica<\/strong><\/a> (link opens in a new tab in UEF Primo).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14160\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14160\" class=\"wp-image-14160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/02\/M2_Optica_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"221\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialties in Optica.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Example of a query in Optica database:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14172\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/02\/M2_Optica.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1013\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/02\/M2_Optica.png 1013w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/02\/M2_Optica-768x505.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/2-module-discipline-specific-information-retrieval\/\">Back to the page: 2. 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