One of the biggest challenges authors face while conducting a literature search is finding information that is current, relevant, and reliable. The literature search tool you choose must be built primarily for this purpose. A quick search on Google’s search engine for keywords related to your research interests or study topic will give you lots of results, but more often than not, they are not optimized for a researcher conducting literature search.
To make your search more effective, your literature search tool should readily match your research interests with the articles you see and read. Personalization is key for a smooth literature search. Keeping your needs in mind, the new search experience we offer through the R Discovery smart literature search tool makes it easier than ever for you to find what you need. Here’s how you can get the most out of our new search experience.
Discover all relevant papers in one search
The new unified search experience is one of the most anticipated upgrades to the R Discovery literature search tool. You can now read on your research interests by searching by topics, journals or paper titles. Listed below are a few ways the upgrade helps you discover literature that matches your research interests.
- Topics: If you want to stay up to date on a particular topic, choose the “Select Topics” radio button and type your topic of interest into the search bar on your literature search tool. You will find all the relevant and recent papers on your chosen topics and research interests. (Note: At present, we only support topics in English language.)
- Here’s a quick way to ensure you’re using this feature optimally. In case there are no results for your search query, check if there are other research interests available by clicking “Check now”.
- Journals: If you want to stay up to date on a particular journal, type the journal’s name into the search bar after selecting the “Search Journals” radio button on the literature search tool.
- Paper title: If you are looking for a specific paper, just type in the paper’s title and select the paper that is of interest to you.
Use filters to narrow down your search
After you add a topic or journal to the search box and come to the search results page on the R Discovery literature search tool, try these steps to further filter your results:
- Filter by journals/authors/duration/open access papers.
- You can sort by relevant or recent papers.
- You can also add your institute to check if your institute has subscribed to a particular journal so that you can access the full paper.
Check your recent searches
By simply clicking on the search icon from the bottom menu on the literature search tool, you will be able to see your last 3 searches on topics or journals and quickly browse the search results on your research interests.
Amplify your research by exploring more topics
You can also amplify your search for research with topics that are related to your research interests, which are otherwise easy to miss out on.
We’re excited about our search redesign but there’s more to come. We’ll continue to look for new and better ways to help you unlock what you need on R Discovery, so stay tuned!
