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Jan 08, 2016
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Geobase on Engineering Village
Functionalities and Research Opportunities
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GEOBASE Overview
• Multidisciplinary bibliographic resource deeply indexing literature across earth sciences, geology, geomechanics and environmental sciences
• Most extensive resource available for international literature within these fields
• 178 electronic customers worldwide
• ~2.2 M Euro in electronic revenue
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About GEOBASE
• Bibliographic abstracting and indexing database offering multidisciplinary coverage of human and physical geography, geology, geomechanics, oceanography, ecology and development studies
• 2,000 international sources include:• Peer-reviewed titles
• Trade publications
• Book series
• Conference Proceedings
• Over 100,000 records added annually • ~ 1.5 million records from 1980 to present• Extensive non-English literature coverage• Records indexed by Subject, Region and Organism
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This presentation will cover:
• Geobase as a part of Engineering Village: available search fields, Indexes and limits.
• An example examining Compendex & Geobase covering different focal points on a subject and how they compliment each , other.
• An example of a rounded and comprehensive view of a subject area using Compendex, Geobase and patents.
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Available Indexes
Navigate between indexes using the drop down menu.
Author, Author Affiliation,Controlled term and serial title
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Available Search Fields & Limits
Focus your searchby using the list of fields available for GeobaseLimits include Documents type,
Language, Year and Updates
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Searching multiple databasesSearch strategy recommendations: • Formulate a clear search query.
• If the question has more than one aspect, break the question into search concepts.
• Use the controlled vocabulary facet to select a range of search terms.
• Combine newly discovered terms into a search strategy
• Search the appropriate databa se for your search.
• Find more search terms from retrieved records while searching
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Example
The design of reinforced concrete buildings to be earthquake resistant
Search strategy could be:
• (earthquake OR seism*) and reinforced concrete
• Limit field to subject/title/abstract
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The Controlled vocabulary reveals dual treatment of the subject.
Geobase Compendex
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Discover different perspectives in coverage
CompendexGeobase
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What the results tell us?• Both databases include engineering perspectives.
• Both databases cover each other’s disciplines.
• Geobase covers environmental engineering perspective and Compendex covers structures and materials.
• In Compendex the emphasis is on Structural Members & Shapes (50) Structural Design, General (47) Strength of Building Materials; Mechanical Properties (43) Earthquake Resistance (33) Earthquake Measurements & Analysis (28) Numerical Methods (21) Buildings and Towers (19)
• In Geobase the emphasis is on Seismic Response (8) Earthquake Engineering (7) Structural Response (5) Building (4) Finite Element Method (3) Numerical Model (2) Seismic Design (2) Performance Assessment (1) Reliability Analysis (1) Safety (1)
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Discover the development of the field through the years using the Year facet.
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Use the download data functionand save to Excel. In Excel, you can create differentVisualization charts of the data.
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Patents and research in the field through the years.
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Combining patents to reveal products and applications in the subject area
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Results analysis via facets
Leading companies and universities that are researching the field can be found in the assignee facet.
Geographical distribution.
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What is being currently applied for in this field can be found in the patent type facet
Include the applications.The assignee list will reveal the companies and universities actively researching the field.
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Full text options
Full text of bibliographic Records is available Through subscriptions or document delivery services
Patents full textPDFs are availableFor direct download.