Literature Databases on Internet

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• Literature Databases on Internet
• AAFS 2001 , Seattle
• Zeno Geradts / Netherlands Forensic Institute
• www.forensic.to

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Overview

• Forensic Databases on the internet
• Commercial Services
• Free Services
• Image databases

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Commercial Databases

• STN
• Chemical abstracts
• Medline
• Physics Inspec / Compendex
• Science Citation Index
• Web Interface for simple and complex use

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STN Easy
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STN search simple
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STN search results
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Results
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Single Records
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Dialog / DataStar

• Search in Dialog / DataStar also via Web
  interface
• NCJRS / Criminal Justice Index on line
• Many newspapers
• Finding information on products
• Database FORS of the Forensic Science Service
  used to be on line at DataStar

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FORS

• Forensic Literature database with over 50000
  records
• Only available on CD-ROM
• Example with index at http//geradts.tzo.com8080/
  search/search.cgi

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FORS
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FORS with Silverplatter Disk w Medline
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Lexis/Nexis

• Paid service for law enforcement information
• Software has to be installed at PC

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Journals

• Many journals on line eg. Journal of Forensic
  Science / also Free Internet Journals with full
  text.

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Free Services

• Literature articles Uncover
• Books Amazon.com
• Libraries of University On Line Contents
• Library of Congress
• Electric Library
• Patent Information
• Medline
• ASQDE

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Uncover
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Amazon or other bookstores
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Libraries
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Other libraries

• Many US libraries via the web
• European libraries sometimes useful for history
  in forensic science
• Worldcat www.oclc.org access to 14000 libraries
  in over 45 countries

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Worldcat
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Library of Congress

• Library of Congress

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Patent Servers
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Databases of forensic links

• Reddys Forensic Site
• Zenos Forensic Site
• ASQDE site
• Short Tandem Repeat DNA Database
• Many different search engines also combinations
• www.mamma.com

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Medline
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Image Databases
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Image Databases (2)
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Contents Based Searching

• There exist different systems for searching I
  images
• Fingerprints, striation marks, many new fields
  are emerging
• Commercial software QBIC (IBM) / Virage /
  Excalibur / Imatch
• MPEG-7 standard will bring us a new standard in
  this field

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Future Expectations

• Broader bandwidth Video searches are available
• Mobile standards
• Literature databases will completely integrate in
  each other
• Document order directly for much literature by
  PDF-files
• For use in court the data has to be verified.
  Verification algorithms are needed in databases.
• Many products will be connected to the internet