This tutorial shows you how to construct and submit a search request using the Basic Search form in Scopus.

To access a search form from any area of Scopus, click the Search button in the navigation bar.

The Document search form is designed to guide us in creating a useful search.

In this example, we want to search for documents relating to lung cancer.

We want lung cancer or adenocarcinoma to be the main subject of the documents retrieved. So, let's search for the terms in the Article Title, Abstracts, and Keywords fields.

Our research is specific to lung cancer or adenocarcinoma contracted by smokers. Let's add that to our search request.

To search additional terms and fields, select a connector from the AND drop-down box.

Then enter the additional terms and select the fields in which those terms must appear.

We want to retrieve recent articles, so let's limit the publication date to include 2006 to Present.

Let's specify the type of documents retrieved.

Let's also specify a subject area in which the documents retrieved must be categorized.

And click the Search button.

Our search requests for the session are stored in the Search History table.

From the Search History table, we can re-display the resulting document list of a specific search request by clicking the number in the Results column.

We can edit a previous search request.

We can save a search request for use or reference in another session.

We can set up a search Alert or an RSS feed for a search request.

We can combine search requests.

We can delete a Search History record.

For more information about performing a document search, go to the Scopus online Help.

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