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SciFinder

Sign up:  Drew users only. Must register for SciFinder Account:  https://uknow.drew.edu/confluence/display/Library/SciFinder+%28Chemical+Abstracts%29+Web+Registration

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• Indexes anything to do with medicine, so chemicals are often included.
• Not scanned in a Summon search.
• Export search results to EndNote Web (see below). (Use the MEDLINE display format.)
• Many ways to limit searches (age group, gender, language, type of study), but there is no structure, patent, or CAS number searching.
• Related documents are determined by number of repetitions of search words.
• Offers some free content, but does NOT work with the Drew article linker. To find out if Drew has access to a journal, enter the PMID in the appropriate box on the Electronic Journals page.
• Search help: (these are meant to be two sided trifolds, so you will have to figure out how to read the information in the correct order.)
  • PubMed Basics http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf 
  • Searching with MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf 

 Science Direct

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 (SD)

• After completing registration, Drew users will have full Full text access to many all journals, including those in all areas of the sciences, social sciences, and math/computer science.
  • PLEASE NOTE: As stated above, all SD materials are available to the Drew community, however, most will be "purchased"  for the user by the Library on an "as-needed" basis.  We are confident that Drew users will make thoughtful use of this "pay-per-use" content.  
  • registration also allows user to save searches, preferences and RSS alerts
• Green rectangles and PDF symbols indicate we have full text.
• For best results
  •  Use advanced search (you have to hunt for it--look for tiny print all the way to the right of the page.)
  • Click into Journal search for more features (and to turn off the Books feature--we don't get any books through this vendor).
  • Use the dropdown to specify that search terms must appear in Abstract, Title, Keywords to focus the search

•  Register to save searches, preferences and RSS alerts 
• Related documents are determined by the number of times search words are repeated in those documents.

Web of

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Science

See the Quick Reference Card with instructions and screen shots for using Web of Knowledge link from Thomson Reuters.

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• ISI Science Citation Index
  • Topic searching searches title, abstract. To limit further, try limiting to title.
  • Within searches you can limit within topic (as decided determined by journal title), author, affiliation, year.
  • Can analyze results (for example, to find authors who are the experts in an area of study), get related (articles with citations in common with the source article).
  • Free registration for preferences, alerts, saving search histories, or to use EndNote Web (see below) * * to prepare bibliographies.

• Biological Abstracts
  • See the Quick Reference Card with instructions and screen shots specific to Biological Abstracts from Thomson Reuters.
  • Topic searching searches title, abstract. To limit further, try limiting to title.
  • Within searches you can limit within topic (as decided determined by journal title), author, subject area, concept code, super taxa.
  • Indexed by subject area, concept code, super taxa; examine these features to determine whether they can augment your search capability.
  • Can access EndNote Web from this database.

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• EndNote Web Quick Reference Card from Thompson Reuters
• Instructions for EndNote Web specific to Drew users.

Questions?

Just ask!

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• Call (973-408-3588) or come to the Reference Desk in the Library (9:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday; 6:00pm-10pm, Sunday-Thursday).
• IM us using the chat message box on the Research Resources page when the Reference Desk is staffed.
• Text:973-440241-8LIB 5275 (973-440241-85425ASK) when the Reference Desk is staffed. 
• Email reference@drew.edu.