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A bibliography in Photonics. Simon Pierre Barrette Conseiller en documentation en sciences et génie 6 mars 2008. A bibliography in photonics / databases. 1. Where to search? Databases Managing the results Reference management software. A bibliography in photonics.
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A bibliography in Photonics Simon Pierre Barrette Conseiller en documentation en sciences et génie 6 mars 2008
A bibliography in photonics / databases 1. Where to search? Databases • Managing the results Reference management software
A bibliography in photonics • Quality of a good bibliographic research: Exhaustive, complete • How to do an exhaustive and complete research? …by searching in the appropriate database. • What is an appropriate database? match our subject most complete ideally, with refining functions
A bibliography in photonics Databases: • Web of Science • Scopus • Scitopia.org • Google Scholar (search engine) • Inspec • Inspec and Compendex
A bibliography in photonics / databases Web of ScienceandScopus • Large databases • Broad coverage in science • Some refining functions available: broad categories. Results for "photonics":
A bibliography in photonics / databases Scitopia.org • Database for 21 science and technology societies • Includes SPIE, Optical Society of America (OSA), IEEE • Also: American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Institute of Physics Results for "photonics":
A bibliography in photonics / databases Search page Result page List of societies Facets
A bibliography in photonics / databases • Google Scholar • Google version for scholarly literature: • articles, theses, books, etc. Results for "photonics":
A bibliography in photonics / databases Search page Result page
A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec • Databases for physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science. • Advanced search functions: Controlled term, Thesaurus • Results for "photonics":
A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec and Compendex • Compendex: engineering databases, sister of Inspec on Engineering Village. • Possible to search in both databases. • Includes journals of SPIE, OSA and IEEE • Results for "photonics":
A bibliography in photonics / databases Controlled terms on Inspec/Compendex
A bibliography in photonics / databases Thesaurus on Inspec/Compendex
A bibliography in photonics / databases Thesaurus
A bibliography in photonics / databases Comparative table for searches with "photonics" for all databases:
A bibliography in photonics / databases Scitopia.org: • Relevant results (SPIE, OSA) but small number • A lot of other journals exist on photonics Scopus and Web of Science: • Life-science oriented • Physic subjects not well covered
A bibliography in photonics / databases Google Scholar: • Fair number of results • Few ways of narrowing results • Various types of documents: multiple versions of one article: preprint, conference article, journal article, anthology article, etc. • Mix of all kinds of documents: theses, articles, books, etc. and no ways to discriminate • Book: library catalogue • Theses: library catalogue and Proquest Dissertations an Theses • Complement to databases
A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec/Compendex: • Larger number of results • Includes many of other journals on photonics (with OSA, SPIE, IEEE) • Advanced functions available for a precise search (Controlled term, Thesaurus) • Facets efficiently narrow a set of results (Controlled term) • Meet the criteria of an appropriate database • The most achieved example of databases for physics and engineering
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software : • Downloading of references from databases to reference software • Management of a set of references • Cite While You Write: automatic insertion of references in text • Easy control of output style • Sharing of references
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software (retail): • EndNote – (EndNote Web) • Biblioscape • Reference Manager • RefWorks • Scholar’sAid • Sente
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Download of references
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Download of references
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference insertion with EndNote
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Importation from a library catalogue
A bibliography in photonics / reference management EndNote • Tutoriel – Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval • Tutorial – EndNote website • Training (Laval U.) - Service de l’information et des télécommunications (SIT)
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software (free): • Zotero • CiteULike • BibSonomy • Bibus • Connotea • JabRef • RefDB • refbase • Pybliographer • Referencer • Wikindx • BibTeX
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero– with Firefox
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero– downloading a reference
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero– downloading several references
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero– reference insertion
A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero • Importation and exportation of Zotero library • Importation and exportation with EndNote possible • Importation and exportation with BibTeX possible • French/english version: caution Guide de démarrage rapide
A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULike • Sharing of references • Social bookmarking • Online system • Insert button in bookmarks • Group library • No Cite While You Write • Exportation to BibTeX, EndNote or Zotero
A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULike– group library
A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULike detailed reference
A bibliography in photonics End Thank you Questions?