Introduction to UsingIEEE Xplore®

Elka SloanClient Services Manager, EuropeMadrid, October 11th, 2011

Agenda

Overview – 2x3 steps plus one slide

To Google or not to GoogleIEEE Xplor DemoQuestions & Answers

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Searching IEEE Xplore I

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Your School

Customized

Authenticatio

n

Intuitive Search InterfaceSearch automatically for singular/plural

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Searching IEEE Xplore II

Additional keywords

Content type

Publication Year

Refine your search

by specifying

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Searching IEEE Xplore III -processing your search

Sorting option by ”Most Cited“

Processing options- Print- Email Results- Download Citations- Set Search Alert

Setting a Search Alert I

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Eliminate date restrictions!

Setting a Search Alert II

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Anyone can register for a Free Personal Account

Setting a Search Alert III

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IEEE Xplore Mobile

http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org/

Search IEEE Xplore on the go:1.Get the top 10 search results2.View abstracts3.E-mail yourself the article

¿ Why search IEEE Xplore (when I can find everything in Google anyway) ?

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Search done on Google Scholar, Sep. 9th, 2011

Because Scientists have to beCutting Edge !

The article that came on top in the Google search came 63rd in a ”Newest First“ sort of the same search performed on IEEE Xplore on the same day –i.e. 62 new works on a similar topic were published since it first came outEnough time for it to get cited by 14 othersIt takes time for any work to move up in Google’s popularity ranking

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Early Access articles are not easily available anywhere but on Xplore

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IEEE Xplore® works very differently from Google/ Google Scholar

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Google– Ranks by popularity– No option to list

chronologically– Crawls content

every 2-4 weeks – NEVER up-to-date

Xplore– Ranks by relevance– Gives option to list

chronologically– Latest publications

available as soon as peer-reviewed

If you want to be cutting edge, IEEE Xplore® is your place to be !