Wednesday, October 20, 2010

New "image search" feature in Science Direct

Science Direct has a new feature called "Image Search" which, according to SciVerse, allows users to search "an estimated eight million images (and growing) from both journal and book content published post 1994. "

The Image Search feature retrieves both photos and illustrations as well as data charts and graphs, and gives the reference to the article that contains the image.

To use Image Search, (1) open Science Direct database via the link on the libraries' "S" databases page, (2) click the "Search" link on the horizontal, green menu bar, (3) click the "Images" tab, (4) enter a search term in the search box and click "Search.

Learn more about this feature at SciVerse's Image Search web page, their Image Search fact sheet, or contact me.


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