THOMSON SCIENTIFIC Web of Science Using the specialized search and analyze features Jackie Stapleton, librarian Fall 2006

Web of Science - Premium Content Quality: Evaluated, Selected Content –Every Web of Science journal is individually selected for influence within its respective discipline. Diversity: Truly Multidisciplinary –All fields of research are included –8,600+ journals total  Over 6,100 titles in the hard sciences alone.  Social sciences – 1790 titles  Arts & humanities – 1125 titles Web of Science

Web of Science – unique search features Web of Science - Premium Content Cited Reference Searching –Capture of Author Cited References over 55 years provides for methods of discovery that are simply not possible elsewhere. –Navigate “Cited References” and “Times Cited” backward and forward in time across decades of research. Analyze results –Use the Analyze feature to identify trends in the research literature –Find the top authors, journals, institutions in a particular research area

Getting to Web of Science

Web of Knowledge 3.0 Home Page

Web of Science 7.0. Easy To Search! Use AND/OR/NOT/* to create a comprehensive search strategy Example: Terahertz imag* AND (biomedical OR medical OR cancer OR health) The General Search is designed to be simplistic enough for virtually anyone to begin to use with little-to-no training.

The Web of Science 7.0 Full Record contains a wealth of information Go to Current Co

The Web of Science Full Record also provides pathways to related articles. Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports Cited References – The author’s sources. Times Cited – Papers that have cited this paper. Related Records – Link to papers that reference the same sources as this particular paper. They are Related through co-citation.

Go to Current Contents Connect Go to BIOSIS Previews Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports

Go to Current Contents Connect Go to BIOSIS Previews Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports For Related Records, Web of Science 7.0 presents the number of references shared by related papers – a proven method for gauging relevance.

Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports Should a record seem especially relevant, Web of Science 7.0 allows the user to quickly and Easily create a Citation Alert – receive an alert containing information on published papers that reference a particular paper you’ve selected. Citation Alert! Take advantage of the vast collection of Influential Papers within the Web of Science.

Cited Reference Search To be truly comprehensive in your search efforts, the Cited Reference Search is essential in that it can retrieve information often missed through use of Key-words alone. Identify an Author or Paper that is very relevant to your search topic.

As little information as an author name is sufficient to initiate a Cited Reference Search. Works for Cited Authors are identified. The “Finish Search” option will retrieve papers that have referenced the work or works we have selected. The Cited Reference Search – Easy to Perform, and Extremely Valuable for Comprehensive Searching.

Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports Search History maintains a list of queries and results for the session, as well as Save History and Open Saved History options. Saving your Search and saving it as an alert is extremely simple. Enter a History name and select desired options.

2004 Cited References Times Cited Related Records  Citing  From just a single record within the Web of Science, expand your search by simply following the links designed to drive discovery. … moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited, and through Related Records.

Analyze Tool Sort results into a variety of categories Author Subject (not keyword) Source (journal) Institution

Web of Science 7.0 Results Analysis Tool Recognize trends and access subsets of Authors, Institutions, Timeframes, etc., associated with important research.

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