Monthly Archives: February 2014

How To Do an Affiliation Search in Scopus

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Scopus is an interdisciplinary database made available to MSK employees and students. If you’re interested in reading articles about a particular topic published by someone from MSK, here are instructions for how to do your search in Scopus:

  1. Go to the MSK Library website and click on Scopus under Top Databases.
  2. Enter brachytherapy (or your preferred search topic) into the text box next to Article Title, Abstract, Keywords.
  3. Click on Add search field and enter sloan kettering into the second text box that appears.
  4. Next to the second text box, select Affiliation from the drop down menu.
  5. Click on the button with the magnifying glass to the right of the text boxes to search.
  6. Review the search results.

You may also notice there are many opportunities to refine your search on the left. You can see what authors are publishing the most on this topic, or you can limit the search results to review articles only if you wish. If you have further questions about searching Scopus, contact a reference librarian by emailing us or calling us at 212-639-7439.

Begin your Health Survey or Instrument Search With HAPI

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HAPI stands for Health and Psychosocial Instruments. The resource provides information on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, projection techniques,various scenarios/tests, etc. in the broad fields of health and the social sciences.

HAPI helps to reduce the “reinvention of the wheel” by providing users with the information from past investigators on specific tools and instruments that have already proven useful. This does not mean that users can simply use/adapt a survey or questionnaire without first seeking permission from the owner/creator, however.

HAPI simply offers a means for investigators to see what’s out there in regard to surveys or instrumentation similar to their research. They can then take the necessary steps to either seek permission of use or develop their own tool if they can’t find one to suit their specific needs.