OARE Module 5A: Scopus (Elsevier)

This document introduces a training module on using Scopus via the OARE portal, outlining database scope, coverage, and metrics, then walking through access, login, and navigation steps for reaching Scopus from the UNEP interface. It demonstrates core search workflows—fielded queries, limits by date and document type, “Search within results,” and citation chaining through “Cited by”—and explains refining by subject area, source, affiliation, country, and language, with notes on Open Access links and when full text is unavailable on the publisher site. It details viewing abstracts, exporting and downloading records, emailing selections, creating bibliographies, and analyzing results by year, source, author, and institution. An appendix flags common access problems and remedies, and brief exercises reinforce the procedures.