Scopus

Scopus is a citation and abstract database for scientific journal contributions, which will be provided since 2004 by Elsevier.

Scope

It comprises a total of 50 million records and provides abstracts and citations from over 21,000 peer -reviewed journals are available from more than 5,000 international publishers. In addition, 359 million and 24 million Webeinträge patents in the database are found. The entries here include the areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities.

Special

Scopus provides librarians with a direct integration of links to their full text in Scopus. For institutions can allow direct access to their library system. The core tasks of multiple search options are integrated in Scopus. In addition, various indices can be used as, for example, the h- index. A download manager allows access to full text articles are also functions for the automatic creation of bibliographies are available.