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INDEX• An alphabetically arranged list of headings

consisting of the personal names, places and subjects treated in a written work, with page numbers to refer the reader to the point in the text at which information pertaining to the heading is found

ODLIS http://lu.com/odlis/about.cfm

Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science by Joan M. Reitz

Abstract• An abstract is a brief summary of a

research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract (summary)

Bibliographic Databases

• A bibliographic or library database is a database of bibliographic information. It may be a database containing information about books and other materials held in a library (e.g. an online library catalog, or OPAC) or, as the term is more often used, an electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts--and often either the full text of the articles indexed, or links to the full text.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliographic database

Structure• Indexes work by obtaining information

about articles and organizing that information in a systematic way.

• Each index contains millions of records in a standard format.

• Each record contains information about a scientific paper: for example, its abstract, author names, subjects, journal in which it was published, etc.

• This collection of records can be thus searched by the type of information the records contain: for example, a paper can be found by searching for its author, or the journal in which it was published, or its subject.

• These search criteria are also known as fields, or the index's access points.

Structure• Title Title of the article.

• Author First, last names of the authors.

• Source Journal title (often abbreviated), volume, issue, page.

• Abstracts

(not always) Short descriptions of the content of an article provided by

the author or by the indexers (data base publishers)

• Keywords or index words Keywords listed by authors in the

publication or created by the indexers.

• Cited reference Cited references are only included in the Web of

Science index.

• Additional Subject Headings Chemical Abstracts includes

additional subject headings.• The above list is by no means exhaustive. Indexes can include other specific information, such as a Chemical Abstracts registry number (CAS RN) for chemical compounds.

TYPES

• Co-ordinate Indexing (Pre and Post)

• Title based Indexing• Citation Indexing

Citation Indexes• Learn what a citation index is• Learn how to use a citation index

to– Track citations– Research topics– Locate lists of article references

What is a Citation Index?

A citation index allows you to trace interconnections among authors citing papers on the same topic, and determine the frequency with which others cite a specific work (an indication of its importance in the literature of the field).

Citation Indexing• A list of articles that subsequent to

the original article, refer to or cite that article. This method has been used extensively in the legal profession and is particularly applicable to scientific literature.

-Harrods Librarians Glossary- 1971

Citation Indexes – based on disciplines

• Science Citation Index (SCI)• Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)• Arts and Humanities Citation Index

(AHCI)• SCOPUS Database

CoverageEach index will cover either a five

year time span or only one year. Look at the front cover or spine of the index to determine the years that it includes.

Sample CitationAuthor name

Journal Info

Parts of Citation IndexThere are four parts

to each citation index; and each part provides different information.

• Source Index (Ìl`œ)• Citation Index (uph#rz)• Permuterm Subject Index

(ìpÝvRw ì;y)• Corporate Index (sAS}`)

Source IndexUse the Source Index to find current

articles by known authors, and to locate full bibliographic descriptions.

Authors are listed alphabetically by their last names.

Source IndexArticle Citation

Works Cited (articles the author used in his/her research)

Citation IndexUse the Citation Index to find recent

articles which cite earlier, known works.

The Citation Index is an alphabetical list of references given in bibliographies and footnotes of source articles, and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the first author.

Citation IndexAuthor name Author’s

article

Citing article

(used Renoux’s article in their research)

Permuterm Subject Index

Use the Permuterm Subject Index to find current articles that have words of interest in their titles.

To locate the full citation for current articles you find listed in the Permuterm Subject Index you will need to then look up the author’s name in the Source Index.

What does Permuterm mean?

The citation indexes take two important terms find the title of each article to include in the subject index. One term is the Primary term (most important) and this is listed first in the subject index. It is paired with an additional important term.

Permuterm SubjectIndex

Primary Subject Term

SA= see also references

Co-Terms

Author Names

Corporate Index(Corporate Author)

Use the Corporate Index to find current articles of interest when a corporate or academic institution is known to publish work on the topic.

The Corporate Index is divided into two sections: Geographic and Organization. 22

Corporate Index-Geographic

Items in this section are arranged by the location of the author’s organization:

• Country and city (for foreign countries)

• State and City (for United States)

Corporate Index- Geographic

Location

Organization

Source Author & Article

Corporate Index- Organization

This section is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization and also gives their geographic location.

To locate articles from these organizations you would then need to look them up by location.

Corporate Index- Organization

Organization

Location

How does it all workThe following is an example of how

one might use this resource.

The topic of my paper is self-efficacy. I’ll start by looking for articles using the Permuterm Subject Index.

Permuterm subject Index

Search the subject list for self-efficacy. I’m interested in self efficacy and beliefs. Then take the author’s name (Barling J) and look it up in the Source Index.

Source IndexSearch the entry in the source index for Barling J’s article on self-efficacy and beliefs. It gives the complete citation for his article; plus all of the other works that he used in his research.

Source Index

As an example take Bandura A.

To see who else has used this same article in their research search Bandura in the Citation Index.

Citation Index

This is the list for Barling in the Citation Index. Notice under “80 Cognitive Therapy RE” that Barling J is listed. Two other people also cited this same article. Go back to the Source Index to look at their articles.

Source Index

This is another person who cited Bandura’s article.

• Learn specifically about SCI, SSC• Scope• Subject coverage• Geographical coverage• Facilities – Electronic versions