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ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education
Nov 2008
An Overview
Suzanne Williams
Web of Knowledge Support Officer
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
• About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education
• Introduction to the Web of Knowledge platform• Content of the Web of Science• Web of Science - example• All Databases Search- example
Overview
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
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
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
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
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.)
•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 SCI 1,725 SSCI 1,144 ADH– average of over 24,000 new items added each week
•Quarterly enhancements
Content of Web of Science
• 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
ISI Web of Knowledge application - Home page
Select Web of
Science – 2 options
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
Search FieldsTopic 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 title Czech 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
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
Truncation
Symbol Retrieves
* Zero or more characters
gene*
gene, genetics, generation
$ Zero or one character
colo$r
color, colour
? One character only
en?oblast
entoblast, endoblast
Boolean OperatorsAll 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.
Combine using:AND OR
NOT
Search fields and
search aids /
indexes
Click to add additional
search fieldsClick to perform search
Enter search terms
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 fieldsCreate 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
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
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)
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
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
Format for PrintEndNote Web – need to
sign in
Save to bibliographic software
Save to FileEmail records
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
Same search form as WoS Search fields
available
Default time span – all years, use drop down
menu to change
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
Same record in Medline
Additional fields particular to
Medline records
Back to search results summary
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
Contact us:
• Helpdesk e-mail: [email protected] For information and assistance- Provide feedback on the WoK service- WOSEC (Web of Science Enhancement
Committee
- Hands On session
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