Additional information for the electronic databases
EBSCO
You can conduct standard searches with
keyword search in Academic Search Full Text Elite, and will search the bibliographical record including the abstract. Limit or expand your result with
Refine.
Truncating (searching for the root of a word) is done by using an asterisk (
*).
If you type in several words in succession, a search will be conducted for precisely that sequence, or "string", of words. When searching for words in combination but not necessarily next to eacht other, use
AND,
OR or
NOT.
The
Full Text button restricts the search to Full Text journals. The
Also search for related words button does just that.
Search within full text articles initiates a search throughout the entire text of the full text articles.
You can also, via
Publications, select a journal and search within this journal.
More search options
Advanced gives you the option of searching selected fields for certain words. You can use
Search Tips with every search option.
You will also find an
Image Collection.
Google Scholar
What will you find in Google Scholar?
You will find articles of major journal publishers (except Elsevier) and abstract services and publications found on the Internet. Google Scholar only offers journal articles and books.
How do you access the full text?
Finding
Fulltext@UBUlink next to the title means that you can click directly through to the full text version of the electronic article via the UBUlink menu.
No full text available?
If you see
UBU-link below the title, the UBU link menu will show you alternative search possibilities and, if possible, will lead you to a printed version via
Local UBU Catalogue.Alternative full text versions
Sometimes it is possible however to find a link to the full text making use of the option
Alle…versies / Group of. In this way you will find, for instance, altered versions of an article or report.
Searching books in libraries
If you click on
Library Search / In Bibliotheek zoeken, you can search in libraries for books in the English language. On the screen that will appear you fill in as location data:
3584,nl. In this way you will find the book in our own catalogue and in catalogues of libraries in the surroundings of Utrecht.
What to do if it does not work or does not work properlyIf it works properly, Google will identify you as a student or staff member of Utrecht University and
Fulltext@UBUlink or
UBU-link will appear automatically. If not, select in
Voorkeuren / Preferences of Google Scholar Utrecht University for the
Bibliotheekkoppelingen / Library Links (fill in
Utrecht in the search screen and tick the box
Utrecht University). Save your preferences.
Also from home
If you log in via
Login from home on the library homepage, Google Scholar will also identify you as a student or staff member of Utrecht University.
Firefox
If you use Firefox and you have activated the UBU-link in an earlier stage through a so-called extension, it is better to deactivate it and work with the new text links. You will find that these give better results.
SciFinder
SciFinder allows you to explore the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases that contain journal articles and patent documents from chemistry and related sciences (
SciFinder Content at a Glance). The SciFinder Substructure Module (SSM) is included in our license.
Personal registration and login required In order to use SciFinder each user will need to fill out a
one-time registration form. See
instructions concerning registration.
Access to SciFinder Once registered, you can use the web version of
SciFinder from anywhere, via
library website > Electronic databases > Science > Chemistry > SciFinder.
Limitations
- The number of concurrent users is limited, so please sign off at the end of each session. There is also an automatic timeout if the session remains idle.
- Avoid using browser buttons (or equivalent key commands) to navigate the SciFinder interface. Doing so can cause unpredictable results.
Exporting SciFinder references to RefWorksTagged format is an export format that allows references to be imported into third-party citation softwate, such as RefWorks. The maximum number of exporting references in Tagged format is 500.
Tutorials and guides
Permitted use of SciFinder Authorized Users are permitted to use SciFinder only for Academic Research. Academic Research is educational research done in the usual course in the pursuit of a degree, instructional (i.e., educational and training) use in a classroom setting; or research by faculty and students which is funded by the government or non-profit research foundations and intended for publication in the publicly available literature. To qualify as Academic Research, the research must not involve patentability searching. Commercial Research is research other than Academic Research; for example, research performed under a funding or consultant contract with the intention of delivering results to a for-profit organization, or patentability research.
Permitted data useAuthorized Users may make use of CAS data obtained as a result of SciFinder searches in the ordinary course of Academic Research and may store search results in electronic form, provided that at any one time, no more than 5,000 records are stored by an Authorized User. Authorized Users are permitted to search only for themselves and may share their search results in a reasonable, limited way with other students or faculty at the same Member University who are working on the same research project; provided, however, that any such sharing may not result in an aggregation of the electronic records stored by individual Authorized Users, nor in the creation of any central source of electronic records. CAS understands that, at times, a student or faculty member may require the assistance of a librarian, or an individual with similar job functions, to perform searching. Such situations are permitted provided the individual performing the search is an Authorized User and the search is conducted in a reasonable manner. Stored records must be deleted when they are no longer needed by the Authorized User for the relevant research project, or after the completion of Authorized User’s degree program, whichever occurs first. Under no circumstances may CAS data be used for any other purpose, including but not limited to distribution of data by assignment, sale, sublicense, loan or other means of transfer to any other Member, any third party, and any commercial use, whether paid or unpaid. Any use beyond the limited use described herein, requires the advance written permission of CAS. An Authorized User may not use automated programs for systematic retrieval of CAS content to create or compile, directly or indirectly a collection, compilation, database or directory. An example of automated retrieval is a script written to extract and download CAS data in batches. The use of any script/macro to automate an otherwise manual process is prohibited.
Web of Science
A citation index is a compilation of all the cited references from journal articles published during a particular year or group of years (depending on the user's choice). In a citation index, you look up a reference to a work that you know to find more recent journal articles that have cited it.
The Web of Science may also be uses as a bibliographic database. However, the length of the search profile is limited to one line. In the Web of Science three citation-indexes are integrated:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index, which covers more than 1400 journals in this area. See the journal list.
- Science Citation Index Expanded, which covers more than 5700 journals in the interdisciplinary area of Science. See the journal list.
- Social Sciences Citation Index: this index covers more than 1700 journals in the social sciences. See the journal list.