1. Arts & Humanities Citation Index
WISER Humanities
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
A demonstration
Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian
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2. What is Web of Knowledge (WoK)?
Web of Science, Highly Cited, etc.
Bibliographical databases (SCI, SSCI, AHCI, etc.)
multidisciplinary indexes covering the journal literature of the all disciplines.
fully covers 8,400+ of the world's leading scholarly journals
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AHCI Content
Provides access to current information and retrospective data from 1975 forward.
Averages 2,300 new records per week.
Contains a current total of over 2.5 million records.
Contains unique implicit citations that refer you to actual representations of a book, a work of art, a music score, or anything else.
As of January 2000, the Arts & Humanities Index contains searchable, full-length, English-language author abstracts.
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AHCI Content
Some of the disciplines covered include:
Archaeology
Architecture
Art
Literary Reviews
Linguistics
Literature
Theatre
Poetry
Language
Radio, Television & Film
Classics
Philosophy
History
Religion
Music
Dance
Asian Studies
Folklore
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General search
Author?
Title?
Subject?
Cited
references
Article A
Times cited
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7. Research before article
Cited
references
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8. Research after article
Times cited
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Cited reference search
Author/
Work
Article B
Cited by whom?
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