{"id":20249,"date":"2023-02-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=20249"},"modified":"2023-02-07T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T08:09:22","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-scopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2023\/02\/24\/uniskills-focus-on-scopus\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: Scopus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the February instalment of the <strong><em>UniSkills Focus On\u2026<\/em><\/strong> blog series where this month we will be looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a>. Scopus is a huge database and covers every academic subject, meaning that it has something for everyone regardless of which course you\u2019re studying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"UniSkills Focus On. This month our student blog series explores Scopus. Read the full blog and more: blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\" class=\"wp-image-20252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/12\/Scopus-Twitter.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does Scopus offer?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> is an abstract and citation database, meaning that it contains references (or citations) to journal articles and summaries (or abstracts) of those articles. To access an article, click on the link called <strong>View at Publisher<\/strong>, as <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> doesn\u2019t have any PDF links.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> is one of the largest databases in the world and contains:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 84 million records&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly 35,000 individual journal titles&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 249,000 books&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content from over 11,000 publishers&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> also has a really broad subject coverage, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Life sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arts and humanities&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether, <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> has content from an impressive 240 different academic disciplines!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">T<strong>he benefits of using Scopus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the content in <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> has been reviewed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/solutions\/scopus\/how-scopus-works\/content\/scopus-content-selection-and-advisory-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Content Selection and Advisory Board<\/a>, which is composed of international experts. <strong>This means all of the content in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Scopus<\/strong><\/a><strong> conforms to the highest academic standards<\/strong> and, as a student, you can be sure that all results are of the highest quality. Also, the breadth and the depth of the subject coverage means that whatever the topic you are researching you can be certain that <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> has something for you! It will especially appeal to those of you who are looking for literature for your dissertation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to access Scopus?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to access <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus<\/a> is to search <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/discover-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discover More<\/a>, click on the link to the home page. You can then browse or search for useful materials.&nbsp;You can also access <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.scopus.com\">Scopus<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/\">Subject Resources<\/a> webpages for your subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Help and Support<\/strong>\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any further help or support finding, accessing or getting the most out of your resources head over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. From here you can access lots more information, toolkits and video tutorials, book on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehu.ac.uk\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills Workshop<\/a> and even book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/one-to-one-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1-2-1 appointment<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us next month, when the <strong><em>UniSkills Focus On\u2026<\/em><\/strong> blog will be looking at the benefits of <strong>Newspapers<\/strong>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the February instalment of the UniSkills Focus On\u2026 blog series where this month we will be looking at Scopus. 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