e-Bulletin (Jun 2021, Issue 146)

Library e-Resources to Meet Various Needs

Sometimes students and staff may get confused about choosing among various resources and research tools to meet their specific research needs, e.g. looking for relevant articles for reading, or identifying top journals to publish in. In this issue, we will highlight a few databases that can help with finding articles, journals, and top authors in a subject field.

special issue

Find Articles
  Web of Science (WOS) Scopus
What is it
  • One of the largest multidisciplinary article databases
  • Contains articles from quality peer-reviewed journals indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and selective conference proceedings in WOS
  • Provides citation information at article & author level (e.g. citation counts, h-index)
  • One of the largest multidisciplinary article databases
  • Contains articles from quality peer-review journals indexed in Scopus
  • Provides citation information at article & author level (e.g. citation counts, h-index)
  • Covers more journals in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities subjects than WOS
When do you need it
  • Look for journal articles and conference papers (see search tips)
  • Explore related articles based on citation tracking (learn how)
  • Generate citation report of selected publications for an author (learn how)
  • Showcase research works by building an author profile (learn how)
  • Look for journal articles and conference papers (see search tips)
  • Explore related articles based on citation tracking
  • Generate citation overview of selected publications for an author (learn how)
  • Showcase research works by maintaining an author profile (learn how)
Library support
Find Journals
  Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Scopus (“Sources”)
What is it
  • A tool to evaluate the performance of journals based on Web of Science data
  • Provides citation information at journal level (e.g. a journal’s Impact Factor, ranking in a subject field)
  • Other than articles, Scopus also provides tools to evaluate the performance of journals based on Scopus data
  • Provides citation information at journal level (e.g. a journal’s CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, and ranking in a subject field)
When do you need it
  • Look for journal Impact Factor and ranking (learn how)
  • Identify top journals for publishing
  • Look for journal CiteScore and ranking (learn how)
  • Identify top journals for publishing
Library support
Find Top Performers
  Essential Science Indicators (ESI) SciVal
What is it
  • A tool to evaluate the performance of authors, institutions and countries based on Web of Science data
  • Provides ranking information at author, institution, and country level
  • A tool to evaluate the performance of authors, institutions and countries based on Scopus data
  • Provides ranking information at author, institution, and country level
When do you need it
  • Identify top cited author, institution, or country in a subject field
  • Locate Highly Cited Papers and Hot Papers in a subject field
  • Identify top cited author, institution, or country in a subject field
  • Identify emerging topics in a subject field
Library support

Additions & Trial Databases

New Additions: audio visual materials, books, journals and PolyU Reads.
 
Trial Databases:

IUPAC Standards Online

[Expiry: 31 Dec 2021]
It is a database created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) covering international standards and recommendations extracted from Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Nursing Reference Center Plus

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2022]
This evidence-based reference tool provides clinical resources to nurses, directly at point-of-care. It covers nursing skills with videos, management topics, care plans and more.

The Belt and Road Initiative Reference Source

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2021]
It is a full-text database that supports the study of the Belt and Road Initiative. It provides scholarly journals from various countries covering business trends, infrastructure, research collaboration and trade opportunities related to the initiative.
 
e-Resources on Trial Online Survey