Conference Materials
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Documentation of OHTS presentations at national and international conferences |
Conference abstracts in the form of papers or posters presented at meetings or conferences or participating in panel discussions are common ways of disseminating the preliminary results of a research study and often precede publication in a journal article. Meetings and conferences are usually held by professional organizations devoted to a specialized area of medicine or research. Some conference abstracts are published, others are not.
For example, the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) tracked abstracts related to the research study presented at national and international conferences and also posted the abstracts on the OHTS website.
Assessment
Documentation by research study investigators of conference abstracts (papers or posters) and participation in panel discussions is recommended for tracking of research output.
If further documentation is needed, a starting point for location of abstracts and panel discussions is the website of the meeting or conference organizer. For example, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) offers an Annual Meeting Abstract Search feature on the ARVO website that allows for searching of ARVO meeting abstracts from 1962 to the present.
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Search using the keywords, title or the name of the author/research study. |
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EMBASE
EMBASE is an abstract and indexing (A&I) biomedical and pharmacological database. It contains over 19 million indexed records from over 7,000 journals (including international titles), covering 1947 to the present.
EMBASE offers an advanced search option that includes a filter for location of conference papers.
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EMBASE Advanced Search option page |
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EMBASE Advanced Search option page showing publication type filters |
Google Scholar
Google Scholar allows for searching of conference materials and retrieves results from a variety of sources including conference abstracts. The results retrieve the actual publication as well as multiple versions and/or duplicates of the work.
MInd: The Meeting Index (InterDok)
MInd: The Meeting Index, freely available from InterDok, provides access to the InterDok database of both past and future conferences, congresses and symposia. The MInd Archive listings often contain links to the meeting websites, which may include meeting abstracts and proceedings.
Scopus
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Updated daily, Scopus offers:
- Over 16,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers
- Over 1,200 Open Access journals
- 520 conference proceedings
- 650 trade publications
- 315 book series
- 23 million patent records
Scopus offers an advanced search option that includes a filter for location of conference papers. Select the Advanced Search tab from the main Scopus page. Select DOCTYPE from the drop down menu box under the open field search box. Double click DOCTYPE. The search field box will automatically populate with DOCTYPE and parentheses. Enter “cp” for Conference Paper within the parentheses. Add a Boolean operator to the DOCTYPE search (cp) string along with the search query.
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Scopus Advanced Search option page showing publication type filter |
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Scopus Advanced Search option page showing publication type filter |
Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Web of Science allows for concurrent searching of the following databases:
- Science Citation Index Expanded (1980-present)
- Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.
- Social Sciences Citation Index (1980-present)
- The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. It fully indexes over 1,950 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world’s leading scientific and technical journals.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980-present)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,160 of the world’s leading arts and humanities journals. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Web of Science offers an advanced search option that includes a filter for location of meeting abstracts. Click the Advanced Search tab from the main Web of Science page. Select Meeting Abstract as the search filter.
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Web of Science Advanced Search option page showing meeting abstract filter |
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Last updated: April 27, 2009