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How to search Science Direct:
The Quick Search will search all available full text resources, whether or not we have access to them. An advanced search, with more search options is available from the Search button.

In the All Sources tab, you can search within journals, books, and databases, whether or not we have full text access. The default search will search all journals and books in the database (see the check boxes under the search boxes). You can select a particular subject, and limit the search by years.

Searching full text only:
To search only those journals to which we have full text access, click on the Journals tab above the search box. Change Source: (under the search boxes) to Subscribed Journals. Enter your search words and make any changes to the subject, type of documents, dates, etc.

Searching the Web:
To search the web using the Scirus search engine from within Science Direct, click on the Scirus tab. You can choose how your terms will be searched (All of these terms, Any of these terms, or Exact Phrase), document type (All, Articles only, Scientist homepages only, Patents only, Conferences only, or Abstracts only), and Subjects.

Scirus can also be searched on the web at http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/ for a basic search, and at http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/advanced/index.jsp for an advanced search with many more search options.

To view a list of all subscribed journals in Science Direct, or to search for a particular journal, click on the Browse button.

Viewing and searching full text journals by journal title:
To view all full text journals available, choose All Journals and Book Series, and check only the Subscribed and Free titles boxes. Then click the Apply arrow to change the results.

Click on a title to see a list of issues. A journal title will be included on the list if we have access to the full text of any issue, so be sure to look for the green "subscribed" icon or the yellow "free" icon in the issue list.

Emailing, Printing, and Exporting:

ScienceDirect articles can be emailed or printed, and citations can be exported in text format or directly imported into RefWorks . Select the articles you wish to import from the article results list and click the Export Citations button (popups must be allowed for this to work). From the Full Text + Links screen, you can select the Export Citation link on the right.

Choose either Citation Only or Citation and Abstract, and RefWorks Direct Export for the Export Format. Then click the Export button. You will be asked to log into Refworks, and your citations will be imported into your account.

If you have trouble with the Direct Export, you can also get citations into RefWorks by downloading citations to your computer in RIS format. Then import into RefWorks using the Import function and the ScienceDirect RIS format filter.

Then import into Refworks using the Import function and the Science Direct RIS format filter.

Rebecca Hedreen
Science Librarian

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