Database quick guides: ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

ScienceDirect contains Elsevier publisher's e-books and e-journals in different fields.

•  Coverage for subscribed journals is 1995 to present.

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• The search default is set to search the full bibliographic record (all indexed fields) including the full text. Use the Advanced Search to create a more structured query, searching across different fields. 
• The wildcard character is not necessary or supported. Word stemming automatically reduces words to the basic form. 
  cyberbully  > cyberbully, cyberbullied, cyberbullies
  cyberbully OR cyberbullying > cyberbully, cyberbullied, cyberbullies, cyberbullying
• To search for a phrase, put the terms in quotes: "heart attack"
• Boolean operators must be entered in UPPERCASE to work. 
• If more than one term is entered, and no operators are specified, terms are searched using AND.
• Boolean operators in order of precedence NOT, AND, OR. Use parentheses to override operator precedence.
  (plastic OR plastics) AND recycling 
• Selecting Subscribed Journals in the Refine by will limit your search to only those journals which you will have full text access to.

Elsevier eBooks contains e-books in different fields.

• In the book list to view only the open access titles and the titles the University of Oulu has full access to, select the options Subscribed & complimentary and Open access.
• ScienceDirect searches all content. After searching there is no way to refine results to the book titles the University of Oulu has full access to.
• You can read e-books in the browser.
• You can download book chapters in PDF format.
• No restrictions on the number of concurrent users.