Conference indexes all available through OXLIP+ use title index – – ISTP Index of Science and Technology Proceedings now known as – – Conference Proceedings Citation Index & available through Web of Science Conference Papers Index available through CSA – PapersFirst and ProceedingsFirst note that these titles are all one word. – Most Subject-specific bibliographic databases include conference papers and proceedings. Find those relevant to your subject via OxLIP+ You can check subject and general databases (via OxLIP+) for options to limit by conference as document type eg: SCOPUS BIOSIS Previews SIGLE : System for Information on Grey Literature in SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) Engineering Index Compendex – INSPEC (for physics) Institutional repositories becoming good source for conference papers make sure – you send yours to our own Research Archive http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ Search them via: OAIster http://www.oclc.org/oaister/ Google / Google Scholar SCIRUS http://www.scirus.com Newspapers Often report on major conferences, usually while being held Frequently do not give any indication of where proceedings / website can be found Search newspapers through LexisNexis Nexis (Global Business and News Service), available via OxLIP+ Worldwide coverage, in English and some European languages Quoting conferences Be consistent and follow a standard system, e.g. Harvard, when referring to papers or proceedings. Give as much detail as possible remember how much trouble you had finding – it! An accurate reference will help others. Generally include: Author(s) of paper - surname and initials Year of publication, 'Title of paper - in single quotation marks' [in] Editor (if applicable), Title of published proceeding which may include place held and date(s) - italicised, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers. 09.06.11 JS/SCB Bodleian Libraries
Conference indexes – all available through OXLIP+ – use title index ISTP – Index of Science and Technology Proceedings – now known as Conference Proceedings Citation Index & available through Web of Science Conference Papers Index – available through CSA PapersFirst and ProceedingsFirst – note that these titles are all one word. Most Subject-specific bibliographic databases include conference papers and proceedings. Find those relevant to your subject via OxLIP+ You can check subject and general databases (via OxLIP+) for options to limit by conference as document type eg: SCOPUS BIOSIS Previews SIGLE : System for Information on Grey Literature in SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) Engineering Index – Compendex INSPEC (for physics) Institutional repositories becoming good source for conference papers – make sure you send yours to our own Research Archive http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ Search them via: OAIster http://www.oclc.org/oaister/ Google / Google Scholar SCIRUS http://www.scirus.com Newspapers Often report on major conferences, usually while being held Frequently do not give any indication of where proceedings / website can be found Search newspapers through LexisNexis Nexis (Global Business and News Service), available via OxLIP+ Worldwide coverage, in English and some European languages Quoting conferences Be consistent and follow a standard system, e.g. Harvard, when referring to papers or proceedings. Give as much detail as possible – remember how much trouble you had finding it! An accurate reference will help others. Generally include: Author(s) of paper - surname and initials Year of publication, 'Title of paper - in single quotation marks' [in] Editor (if applicable), Title of published proceeding which may include place held and date(s) - italicised, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers. 09.06.11 JS/SCB Bodleian Libraries
WISER-Science-Conferences-2011-handout.docx