Web of Science Demonstration Search Chemistry 137 – Spring 2013 Grace Baysinger Head Librarian & Bibliographer, Swain Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library

Web of Science (WoS) – Search Form Demonstration search on Vancomycin as a Topic. To focus results, limit search terms to being in the Title..

WoS – Search Results Limiting results to review papers and resorting results are two effective ways to focus results.

WoS – Results Sorted by Times Cited The most cited paper on Vancomycin was included in an author’s bibliography 1,178 times. Most cited is one potential measure of importance.

WoS – Limited to Review Papers + Sorted by Relevance Relevance is based on number of times search terms occur and which fields they are present in. While some review papers may be focused on a particular area, some provide a quick way to assess the research landscape for an area.

WoS – Going Back to Previous (All Articles on Vancomycin) Before using “power” tools such as Analyze, click on Back to Previous link to return to all articles on Vancomycin.

WoS – Using Analyze Results Analyze results provides summary information for search results. Use Analyze Results to see which authors are publishing the most papers on a topic, when research was published (publication year), broad subject areas of research, and sources where research was published.

WoS – Analyze by Author Make sure you analyze all of the items found (search results) by making value in Analyze column equal to or greater than number of records in results.

WoS – Error Message that May Appear After You Press Analyze Button If you get this error message, refresh the web page to see results.

WoS – Analyze by Author

WoS – Analyze by Publication Year To sort number of articles written in chronological order, change Sort by option to Selected Field

WoS – Analyze by Subject Alphabetical view of records grouped by Subject Area

WoS – Analyze by Subject Subjects are based on journals, not individual articles in a journal. Choosing Chemistry, Medicinal is a quick way to filter results. Chemistry, Multidisciplinary includes the most prestigious journals in chemistry that publish articles across all areas within chemistry.

WoS – Selected Subject Areas from Analyze + Refined Results to Review Papers + Sorted by Relevance