Research Guides: Agricultural & Biological Engineering Research Guide: How-To Videos

Getting the Most Out of Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary database that covers all fields of science and engineering as well as social sciences. It has nearly all of the content of PubMed as well as additional ABE-related content not found in PubMed. The videos use general search topics, but the techniques shown can be adapted to any research topic.

Getting the Most Out of Scopus: Getting Started (3:30)
Part one of this tutorial on searching Scopus provides important information to know before starting your database searches. Updated October 2025.
Getting the Most Out of Scopus: Developing Searches (5:00)
Part two of this tutorial on searching Scopus demonstrates how to create effective searches in library databases. Updated October 2025.
Getting the Most Out of Scopus: Accessing Full Articles (5:07)
Part three of this tutorial demonstrates the different ways to find the full text of articles when searching library databases. October 2025.
Getting the Most Out of Scopus: Analyzing Results, Setting Up Search Alerts, and More!
- This video is coming soon! In the meantime, look on the left of the results page of Scopus for options to limit by publication year, language, author name, author affiliation, and more. For search alerts, go to "Create Account" at the top. Do not use the "Sign in via your organization" option or use your MSU password. Then on the search results page, click on "Set Search Alert."

Additional Database Videos

While Scopus is a database that you will want to search when searching for peer-reviewed journal articles, the resources featured in the following videos can also be very useful in your research.

Google Scholar Tips (7:46)
This video provides tips for searching Google Scholar. It builds on concepts covered in videos for library databases. Created on November 12, 2023.
Finding Dissertations and Theses (4:08)
Whether you are looking for a specific dissertation or thesis or doing a comprehensive search on a topic, this video shows how to search ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global and provides other resources for finding dissertations and theses.
PubMed Online Training (by National Library of Medicine)
This page from the National Library of Medicine provides links to both comprehensive PubMed tutorials and also tutorials on specific aspects of the database.

Agricultural & Biological Engineering Research Guide

Getting the Most Out of Scopus

Additional Database Videos

Other Useful Videos