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Cross-Searching Scopus & CSA Illumina
The Best of Both Worlds

Scopus and ProQuest have recently established a unique reciprocal searching and linking partnership, making selected content in important areas searchable on both Scopus and CSA Illumina. With the superior coverage of both of these well-established platforms, this partnership represents the most comprehensive coverage in Scientific, Technical, Medical, Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences content integrated in one interface.

Through this reciprocal partnership - available to customers who subscribe to both Scopus and CSA Illumina – approximately 4,500 titles (comprising 2.5 million records) in Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences from the following databases are made available on Scopus for cross-searching to mutual customers:

• ARTBibliographies Modern, back to 1974
• BHI: British Humanities Index, back to 1962
• DAAI: Design and Applied Art Index, back to 1973
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, back to 1962
• Sociological Abstracts, back to 1952
• Sociological Service Abstracts, back to 1979
• World Wide Political Science Abstracts, back to 1975

In addition, subscribers to Scopus are able to search 4,500 Scopus titles in Natural Sciences and Business & Economics on CSA Illumina.

Expanding research capabilities

Scopus users can find de-duplicated search results from CSA Illumina’s leading databases in the area of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences, such as Sociological Abstracts, dating back to 1952. Additional search results are seamlessly integrated in the results set with a direct link to the original record on CSA Illumina and to the full text, if available, in their library.

At the same time, this integration enables users of CSA Illumina to find titles in Natural Sciences and Business & Economics from Scopus directly integrated in their search results making Scopus content more accessible at relevant points in the literature research process.

Despite this large-scale exchange of data, in visual terms the integration is remarkably seamless.

Example of a CSA Illumina result integrated in Scopus

Example of a Scopus result integrated in CSA Illumina

Enhancing the research workflow

Wherever users start their research, they can be sure to find the most comprehensive coverage of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities literature available in one single interface without any extra effort. At the same time users can take advantage of the features that Scopus offers, such as the Citation Tracker and the Author Identifier.

Benefits for researchers in Arts & Humanities Scopus currently covers 220 core titles in Arts & Humanities. With this integration, users can search an additional 2,200 titles drawn from top-ranking Arts & Humanities resources. Benefits for researchers in Social Sciences Scopus already covers 2,850 titles in Social Sciences (back to 1996). This integration enables an extra 2,300 CSA Illumina titles to be found, with coverage dating back as far as 1952. In addition, when starting a search from CSA Illumina, additional results of 1,000 titles in Business & Economics from Scopus are integrated in the search results. Benefits for researchers in Life Sciences The unique Natural Sciences collection in CSA Illumina is complemented by a set of approximately 3,500 Life Science titles from Scopus.

Click here for more information on the Scopus and CSA Illumina integration – combining a state-of-the-art all-science database with in-depth coverage of the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences.

You can also contact your ProQuest account manager or Elsevier account manager.