ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection

Agenda

ProQuest’s Aquatic Science Collection ASFA and our other traditional A&I databases Deep Indexing and IllustrataTM

Full Text Content

New Platform Benefits

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ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection

Search precision: innovative deep indexing of tables and figures to uncover

hidden data

Trusted, comprehensive discipline-oriented

databases

Facilitating new research paths within the discipline

Cost effective, subject specific full text

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Aquatic Science Collection

Aquatic Science Collection• ASFA & Oceanic Abstracts (3.2 M records)

• Deep Indexing: Aquatic Science Collection (2.3 million tables & figures from 850+ journals)• PQ Aquatic Science Journals (400+ full text titles)

Aquatic Science Collection: Full Text Sources

• 412 Titles at March 2013

Number of documents by Source Type (at March 2013)

• Scholarly Journals (483,896)

• Trade Journals (215,966)

• Magazines (76514)

Cost Effective Full Text Content

INDEXING & ABSTRACTINGProQuest CSA Traditional Strength: Discipline Orientated Databases

Very comprehensive literature reviews across the entire discipline – A&I has greater breadth, depth and scope

International in scope and multilingual (with abstracts in English)

Content in A&I databases is not under embargo Indexing standards applied to specialist content sets

(such as controlled vocabulary) assist in retrieval of relevant resources

ROI for Libraries – researchers discover articles available within the library’s paper and digital resources

Suitability for researchers’ workflow ….

Value of A&I

ASFA (AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS) § ASFA 1: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES & LIVING RESOURCES § ASFA 2: OCEAN TECHNOLOGY, POLICY & NON-LIVING RESOURCES § ASFA 3: AQUATIC POLLUTION & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY § ASFA AQUACULTURE ABSTRACTS § ASFA MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS

AQUALINE

OCEANIC ABSTRACTS

WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS

Traditional Abstract & Indexing Components

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Database

Overwhelmingly cited by a majority of aquatic science librarians as their primary database, the ASFA series is the premier reference in the field of aquatic resources. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature. ASFA is a component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and a network of international and national partners.

Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases. Subject Coverage

Dates of Coverage1971 - current.Update FrequencyMonthly, with approximately 3,700 new records added.SizeOver 1,501,033 records as of January 201

• aquaculture • aquatic organisms • aquatic pollution • brackish water

environments • conservation • environmental quality • fisheries • freshwater

environments

• limnology • marine biotechnology • marine environments • meteorology • oceanography • policy and legislation • wildlife management

ASFA: A&I Subsets Detail

ProQuest Technology

Research Database

ProQuest Aquatic Research Database

with METADEX

ProQuest High Technology

Research Database with Aerospace

CSA Engineering Research Database

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources

ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources

ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality

ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts

ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts

Dates of Coverage1960 – current

Update FrequencyMonthly, with approximately 700 new records added

SizeOver 396,345 records as of March 2013

Aqualine Classification Codes ‘CC(0000x)’8 main divisions listed below.

00001 WATER RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES

00002 WATER QUALITY                        .

00003 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF WATER AND WASTES            

00004 WATER TREATMENT            

00005 UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND WATER USE           

00006 SEWAGE           

00007 INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS           .

00008 EFFECTS OF POLLUTION           

Dates of Coverage1981 - currentUpdate FrequencyMonthly, with approximately 1,209 new records added SizeOver 438,589 records as of February 2011Print EquivalentOceanic Abstracts

Oceanic Abstracts Classification Codes ‘CC(xxxx)’10 main divisions each with separate sub-divisions within

05xx NATURE OF WATER

08xx WATER CYCLE                       

10xx WATER SUPPLY AUGMENTATION AND CONSERVATION

20xx WATER QUANTITY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL            

30xx WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION           

40xx WATER RESOURCES PLANNING           

50xx RESOURCES DATA         

60xx ENGINEERING WORKS

70xx MANPOWER, GRANTS, AND FACILITIES

80xx SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

           

Dates of Coverage1967 – current

Update FrequencyMonthly, with approximately 1,000 new records added

SizeOver 661.434 records as of March 2013

Oceanic Abstracts

Starting its 33rd year, Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. The database has long been recognized as a leading source of information on topics relating to oceans. The database focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. This database is totally comprehensive in its coverage of living and non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.

Subject Coverage

• * Biological Oceanography• * Ecology• * Physical and chemical oceanography• * Marine geology• * Geophysics• * Geochemistry• * Marine pollution• * Nonliving marine resources• * Navigation and communications

• * Maritime law• * Desalination• * Ships• * Shipping• * Marine biology

(Note Oceanic Abstracts is not included in ASFA but is part of ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection)

ILLUSTRATA & DEEP INDEXING

Recent Abstract & Indexing Innovation

Recent Innovations: Deep Indexing

2007 CODiE Award Winner: Best Online Science & Technology Service

Why Index Tables & Figures?

1. Images are included in Scientific and Technical articles only because they illustrate something fundamental about the research field work, experiment findings or conclusions

2. Distilled essence of the research – the closest thing to the raw datasets

3. Articles with the right kinds of objects quickly establish the relevance of the related data and findings

4. These objects are most often invisible using traditional article-level and full-text searching

Deep Indexing: Indexing Process

1. Identification of tables and figures

(images, charts, maps, etc.) found

within a scholarly article

2. Extraction of critical data and

information within and surrounding

each table or figure (including full

caption) to provide the indexing

3. Assignment of a category

Search Results

5995 hits… From a regular keyword search

Options to narrow results by:

• Date• Scholarly Journals• Full text• Source Type• And more ...• Indexed Images

Deep Indexing Results

173 hits … more targeted hits

when we filter by indexed figures &

tables results

Deep Indexing Result – showing indexing

Options to email, cite, save in My Research, Save to PPT or Tag

Object descriptors, Authors, and

Publication are hyperlinked for

lateral searching

PROQUEST NEW PLATFORMSpecial WorkFlow Features on The New ProQuest Platform

CROSS SEARCH ON NEW PROQUEST PLATFORM

ProQuest New Platform

Cross Searching!

Cross Search SciTech Collections databases

with the PQDT and other ProQuest platform

databases on the All New ProQuest Platform

Science & Technology: Cross Search With PQDT Scientific Dissertations

Combined Aquatic Science

Collection + Dissertations

Results

Dissertations Results

Dissertations Pdf Result

Autocomplete

Keyword Autocomplete

Smart Search

Smart Search

Results list - Preview document

Narrow by classification or location

Hyperlinked Index Terms

Table Indexing

Taxonomic Table Indexing

Results List Icons Show Source Type

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Allow you to create alert, RSS Feed or save to “My Research” account

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Figures & Tables Search Menu

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ORGANISE YOUR RESEARCHProQuest New Platform Features

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My Research – Store Deep Indexed Illustrata Figures & Tables

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