Scopus Research Database

For many years Web of Science stood alone as the largest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary database, but in recent years this new product from the Elsevier publishing empire has put up an impressive challenge. Not only does it cover a much wider range of titles – over 16,000 peer-reviewed journals – but it includes trade publications, conferences and books as well as linking to patents and high-quality web content through Elsevier’s Scirus search engine.

Like Web of Science, Scopus records include cited references that allow researchers to move forward in time from known articles to later ones that have cited them and also to see how often a given article has been cited. As its coverage is more extensive, Scopus often reveals more citation links than Web of Science which will make it particularly useful to researchers wishing to gauge the impact of their work. A downside is that generally only Scopus records since 1996 have cited references attached to them.

Links from Scopus to the CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) set of databases have been set up, which means that when you do a search in Scopus you will also be searching 4,500 titles in:

ARTBibliographies Modern, back to 1974

DAAI: Design and Applied Art Index, back to 1973

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, back to 1962

Sociological Abstracts, back to 1952

Social Services Abstracts, back to 1979

For a record available on CSA, you will see an “Abstract on CSA” button below the title in the Scopus search results.

In a brief trial earlier this year Scopus received high marks from Massey staff and students for its usability. Although there is considerable overlap between the journals covered by Scopus and Web of Science it would not be advisable to opt solely for use of one in favour of the other – however searching both (plus specialist databases) would give a particularly comprehensive result.
Scopus, Web of Science and other databases are available on the Library's Article Databases page.

ARTstor Digital Image Library

Hi All

The Library is delighted to announce that we have subscribed to the ARTstor digital image collection.
The ARTstor collection of over 750,000 images is derived from a number of source collections. These source collections are the product of collaborations with libraries, museums, photographic archives, publishers, slide libraries, and individual scholars. It documents artistic traditions across many cultures and includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
Tools provided enable users to view, present and manage images for research and instructive purposes, thus making it an excellent teaching resource for classroom presentations. You may access ARTstor through the link : http://kea.massey.ac.nz/record=e1000361.

If you need further information or help with searching please let me know

Paul

Paul Orsman
College of Creative Arts Librarian
Wellington Campus Library
Massey University
P.D.Orsman@Massey.ac.nz
Telephone +64 4 8015799 extn 6712
Fax +64 4 8012699

Serials Review 2008

At the Library's recent Serials Review meeting the following titles were approved for purchase, and will be available from 2009 onwards (via the Library catalogue).
Jazz Improv (additional print subscription - Auckland)
Photography and Culture*
International Journal of Comic Art
Serif: The Magazine of Type and Typography
Art World
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Information, Communication and Society
Our Japan
Annales Historique de la Revolution Francaise
Development
Noise Control Engineering

*Will be included as part of the Berg package of design and art journals

The Library is also delighted to announce that it will again be subscribing to the Taylor & Francis journal package from 2009 onwards, giving online access to over 1000 titles across all disciplines.

Further information about obtaining journal subscriptions is on the Library web site's Journals page. Please feel free to contact your local liaison librarian to discuss journals and other resources

Project Muse Journal Collection is now available from the Library

The Library has recently purchased the standard collection of Project Muse which provides access to 308 full text journals in history and the humanities, the social sciences and the sciences.
Disciplines covered include history, literature and criticism, cultural studies, education , gender studies, the visual and performing arts and more. Included is an important collection of 22 film, theatre and performing arts journals.

For a subject list of journals see : http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/subject.html

To search Project Muse see : http://muse.jhu.edu/search?searchtype=advanced

If you need any help with searching please email me at p.d.orsman@massey.ac.nz

Paul

Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) - Trial

Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR), the retrospective of Design and Applied Arts Index, provides coverage of more than 100 design-related journals, most of which have ceased publication, but which are distinctly important to the development of design concepts in the early 20th century. Design ProFILES, included with a subscription to DAR, is the largest collection of profiles of designers and design organizations of its kind.

These can be found on the Database Trials page soon, but for the moment you can access them from the CSA Databases page on the A-Z list, or from these links:

• DAR
• Design ProFILES

Could you please take some time out of your busy schedules to take at look at both resources and provide feedback to me – p.d.orsman@massey,.ac.nz

If you need help with accessing or searching these databases please let me know

Paul