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Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education

April 2007

An Overview

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• CrossSearch - 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 CrossSearching across Web of Science and ISI Proceedings

plus additional products that an institution subscribe • (Journal Citation Reports not cross searchable)• access to

• Web of Science• ISI Proceedings• Current Contents Connect• Journal Citation Reports• Derwent Innovations index• plus additional products and external collections

Who hosts the service?

• The ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education is hosted by Thomson Scientific• Thomson Scientific own the databases and the

application • MIMAS, The University of Manchester support the

service• JISC funded service

• JISC Collections negotiate and manage the agreement

• 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

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) )

ISI Web of Knowledge for UK Education - Home page

http://wok.mimas.ac.uk

MIMAS WoK Home page

Links for News, Support,

Documentation FAQ and Feedback

Register for

additional features

Click on a product title to link directly into the product

CrossSearch Thomson products

Control Panel select a product from the drop down

box

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 and citation alerts.

• Create custom journal lists for focused browsing and table of contents alerting (CCC subscribers only).

•EndNote Web

• Automatically sign in every time you access ISI Web of Knowledge. (Note: Users of public computers should not select this option.)

Web of Science

•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

•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 all 3 citation databases individually or simultaneously– ISI Proceedings and other databases searched separately

• Quick, General and Advanced 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

• AND increases the precision of your search / narrows it down

– e.g. architecture and Spain• SAME (or SENT) finds terms in the same sentence

– e.g. architecture same Spain• OR widens the scope of your search, useful for synonyms

– e.g architecture or Spain• NOT excludes unwanted terms

– e.g. architecture not Spain

Combining Terms using Boolean Operators

• Parentheses (brackets) can be used to override the order of precedence when combining terms using Boolean operators

– e.g. architecture and (Spain or Spanish)– e.g. (architecture or building*) same (Spain or Spanish)– e.g. ((architecture or building*) same (Spain or Spanish)) and influence*

• Order of precedence– SAME– NOT– AND– OR

Combining terms using multiple Boolean operators

* - wildcard or truncation for any number of charactersE.g. enzym* to find enzyme, enzymatic or enzymology

? - wildcard for a single characterE.g. wom?n to find woman or women

$ - wildcard for a single character or no charactersE.g. vapo$r to find vapor and vapour.

You cannot use these at the beginning of a word and the * can only be used after three characters

You can use an unlimited number of wildcards cards in a single term, and you can use different wildcards in the same term.

Wildcards & Truncation

ISI Web of Knowledge application - Home page

Select Web of Science – 2

options

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

WoS menu bar

Run a General Search for author Weston AH

Use the sources list to identify journals in the

Databases

Use search limits by language or document type if required

Click to hide settings

To search within the results, you can enter a topic search query in the text box and click ‘Search’

Click on article title link to view its full record

Sort, Output and Analyze

options

Mark records individually by clicking in this box then click ‘Add to marked list’

To navigate results pages enter a page

number, click the page numbers or use the

arrow keys

Options to refine the search on the summary results page

Change number of records displayed per page here

Sort, Output and Analyze Options

You can sort records by Latest Date, Times Cited, Relevance, First Author, Source Title, or

Publication Year

Use these options to output the data in a record. Select the records and data to include in the

output, then click an output option.

Click the ANALYZE button to go to the records analysis page when you can view and rank

summary data by various fields

Click the CITATION REPORT button to go generate a citation report for the set of results.

Click on an author name to retrieve all records by that

authors of that name

Click to add to marked list

Return to Search Results Summary

This links to articles which share one

or more items in the original article’s

bibliography

Linking Options

Click to create a Citation alert for this record

This takes you to the records bibliography of cited references

Shows a list of articles that

cite this article

Author contact information

Link to external web site to view the

Full Text

Link to ‘Holdings’ information if your Institution has requested these. Institutions can request

up to 8 holdings links e.g. to your Institution's OPAC and additionally to other online

catalogues such as COPAC

Holdings Linking

OpenURL Link

OpenURL Linking

Click these links to see additional

information about this record in other

products

JCR Linking

The ‘Marked List’ button appears when you submit records into your marked list. To

go to your marked list simply click on this button

This icon indicates that the record has been submitted to the

‘Marked List’

OpenURL and Full Text Linking is also available on

the Search Results Summary Screen

Use the drop-down box to access records marked in

other products

Select additional fields to export by selecting the check boxes – note: may reduce numbers you can download

You can sort records by Latest Date, First

Author, Times Cited or Source Title

Select the desired output option

Downloading Records

Options:

Format for Printing

Save to file

Exporting to Reference Software

Email

Save to EndNote Web

Format for print option

Web of Knowledge - CrossSearch

• Cross-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

CrossSearch

You can perform a quick ‘Topic’ CrossSearch

here

Select CrossSearch here to go directly to the CrossSearch form with additional search options.

CrossSearch

Uses the same fields and operators as WoS

Time span -

default is

Latest 5 Years

Options for entries will depend on

products selected

Lists all the products being

searched

CrossSearchResults can

be filtered by product

Links to individual products to view ‘Full Record’

Click to access the Marked List

Click this tab to view results from external web sites

Add individual records to ‘Marked List’. Click in check

box and click ‘Submit Marks’

External collection results. External collections are included in the

search by default

Click the ‘results’ link to go the website of the

named publisher – will open in new window

Please remember that while viewing

external products you are out of the

ISI Web of Knowledge application

and your current session

may be timed out

Click here to edit search

Click here to change products to search

Click in check boxes to remove

individual products

Click here to remove ‘Select All’

Web of Knowledge products – this list will

vary according to which products your

institution subscribe

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

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