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http://www.mimas.ac.uk ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education An Overview Suzanne Williams ISI Web of Knowledge Support Officer http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
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About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education Introduction to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform Content of the Web of Science Web of Science - example All Databases Search- example Overview
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The ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education Integrated platform supporting research and teaching in UK education institutions Portal providing: simple All Database searching across Web of Science plus additional products that an institution subscribe (Journal Citation Reports not included in All Databases Search) access to Web of Science (now includes Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science ) Medline (1950 – present) plus additional products and external collections / websites
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Who hosts the service? The ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education is hosted by Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters own the databases and the application Mimas, The University of Manchester support the service JISC funded service JISC Collections negotiate and manage the agreement
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Examples of additional products available: Century of Science – Backfile and cited reference data from 1900 to 1944 Web of Science Backfiles – Science Citation Index Expanded with Cited References (1945–1969) – Social Science Citation Index Expanded with Cited References (1956–1969) Current Contents Connect – Current awareness service Journal Citation Reports – Science & Social Science Editions Derwent Innovations Index –Finds specific patents & cited patents ISI Chemistry Biosis Previews Additional products
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ISI Web of Knowledge for UK Education - Home page http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
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Mimas WoK Home page: links for News, Support, Documentation, FAQ and Feedback Register for additional features Default search option Select a database or additional resource
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As a registered user, you can take advantage of these convenient features: Select a start page Save searches to the ISI Web of Knowledge server. Set up search history alerts, citation alerts and RSS feeds Create custom journal lists for focused browsing and table of contents alerting (CCC subscribers only). Save and manage your references online with EndNote Web Automatically sign in every time you access ISI Web of Knowledge. (Note: Users of public computers should not select this option.)
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Web of Science
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The Web of Science databases are: – Science Citation Index Expanded (1970 – ), Author Abstracts available from 1991 – Social Sciences Citation Index Expanded (1970– ), Author Abstracts available from 1992 – Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975– ), Author Abstracts available from 2000 – Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (1990-) Coverage: – more than 8,500 journals & conference proceedings – 5,900 SCI1,725 SSCI1,144 ADH – average of over 24,000 new items added each week Quarterly enhancements Content of Web of Science
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Search citation databases individually or simultaneously General, Advanced and Cited Reference searching available Standard Boolean operators –and/or/not/same and truncation Phrase search - use quotation marks Form and Set based searching Full citation searching References to related records Links to other databases and external resources Register for additional features Features of Web of Science
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ISI Web of Knowledge application - Home page Select Web of Science – 2 options
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Select Web of Science
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Additional search options Check boxes are automatically set to default to all 3 databases. De- select boxes to search databases individually Select date range – refers to year added to database Form based searching
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Search Fields Topic Article titles, Abstracts, Author Keywords, KeyWords Plus “white oak” or “quercus alba” drug resistan* Title Enter title terms to limit your search to article titles soil SAME drain* Author Searches any author on the paper Bergstrom CT Wallen K Group Author Group or organization credited with authorship Aberdeen Lung Cancer Group Beta Cell Biology Consortium Publication Name Journal titleCzech Journal of Food Sciences Progress in Brain Research Publication Year Year article was published 1999 2003-2005 Address Searches abbreviated author affiliations Emory Univ, Dept Biol, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Conference Search conference information lithium AND Scotland AND 1998 Language and Document type search fields available to restrict search
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Proximity Operators Phrase searching To search for an exact phrase enter the phrase in quotation marks. Example: “stem cell” Same Terms must occur within the same sentence, where “sentence” is generally a period-delimited string, in any order. In keyword fields, the SAME operator will retrieve records with search terms in the same keyword phrase. Example: stem SAME cell
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Truncation SymbolRetrieves * Zero or more characters gene* gene, genetics, generation $ Zero or one character colo$r color, colour ? One character only en?oblast entoblast, endoblast
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Boolean Operators All search terms must occur to be retrieved. TOPIC: “stem cell*” AND lymphoma Retrieves documents that contain the phrase stem cell and the term lymphoma. This is equivalent to searching “stem cell*” lymphoma Any one of the search terms must occur to be retrieved. Use when searching variants and synonyms. TOPIC: aspartame OR saccharine OR sweetener* Retrieves documents that contain at least one of the terms. Excludes records that contain a given search term. TOPIC: aids NOT hearing Retrieves documents with aids, excluding any which also contain hearing.
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Combine using: AND OR NOT Search fields and search aids / indexes Click to add additional search fields Click to perform search Enter search terms
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Options to refine the search on the summary results page Click here to mark records to add to marked list Sort options Navigate results pages Output options – additional options at bottom of screen Click on article title link to view its full record Analyze: go to the records analysis page where you can view and rank summary data by various fields Create Citation Report: Provides aggregate citation statistics for a set of search results Distinct Author Sets: shows sets of papers likely written by the same person
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This takes you to the records bibliography of cited references Graphical representation that shows the citation relationships between a paper and other papers using visualization tools Click to create a citation alert Click on an author name to retrieve all records by that authors of that name Shows a list of articles that cite this article Linking options Links to articles which share one or more items in the original article’s bibliography Back to search results summary
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OpenURL Linking
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Linking Options OpenURL linking to an institutions electronic resources Links to ‘Full Text’ –Provides links between ISI Web of Knowledge resources and electronic full text Holdings links to OPAC – up to 8 can be enabled –Links to paper journals –Links through to additional online journals –Alternative route to electronic journals Linking options are free (institution required to contact the helpdesk to enable the link option(s)
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Indicates record in Marked List Click to add to marked list – then select ‘Add to Marked List’ or navigate to next page of results Click to add selected records to marked list Go to Marked List
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Use the drop-down box to access records marked in other products Select the desired output option You can sort records by Latest Date, First Author, Times Cited Conference Title or Source Title Select additional fields to export by selecting the check boxes – note: may reduce numbers you can download
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Format for Print EndNote Web – need to sign in Save to bibliographic software Save to File Email records
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Web of Knowledge – All Databases Search Search the content of multiple Thomson Scientific products and other external resources simultaneously External collections selected by default Same interface as other Web of Knowledge products Linking options available directly from results screen
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Click to perform an All Databases search
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Same search form as WoS Search fields available Default time span – all years, use drop down menu to change
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Click link to go to full record Links options available An open Web search engine created by Thomson to complement your search results – also in WoS
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Displays database record from View record in other databases
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Same record in Medline Additional fields particular to Medline records Back to search results summary
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Add record to marked list View marked list
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View marked records in different databases Return to search results summary
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Select a database Click database name to search – databases available dependent on Institutional subscription Click to select additional resource Click resource name to search – dependent on Institutional subscription
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Contact us: Helpdesk e-mail: wok@mimas.ac.uk -For information and assistance -Provide feedback on the WoK service -WOSEC (Web of Science Enhancement Committee -Hands On session http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
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