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Using the specialized search and analyze featuresUsing the specialized search and analyze features

Jackie Stapleton, librarianJackie Stapleton, librarian Fall 2006 Fall 2006

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• Quality: Evaluated, Selected Content– Every Web of Science journal is individually selected for

influence within its respective discipline.

• Diversity: Truly Multidisciplinary– All fields of research are included

– 8,600+ journals totalOver 6,100 titles in the hard sciences alone. Social sciences – 1790 titles Arts & humanities – 1125 titles

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Web of Science – unique search features

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Cited Reference Searching– Capture of Author Cited References over 55 years

provides for methods of discovery that are simply not possible elsewhere.

– Navigate “Cited References” and “Times Cited” backward and forward in time across decades of research.

Analyze results– Use the Analyze feature to identify trends in the

research literature

– Find the top authors, journals, institutions in a particular research area

Getting to Web of Science

Web of Knowledge 3.0 Home Page

Web of Knowledge 3.0 Home Page

Web of Science 7.0

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Easy To Search!Easy To Search!

Use AND/OR/NOT/* to create a comprehensive search strategy

Example:

Terahertz imag* AND (biomedical OR medical OR cancer OR health)

The General Search is designed to be simplistic

enough for virtually anyone to begin to use with little-to-no training.

The Web of Science 7.0 Full Record contains a wealth of information

Go to Current Co

The Web of Science Full Record also provides

pathways to related articles.

Current Contents Connect

CC Connect Table-of-

Contents

BIOSIS Previews

Journal Citation Reports

Cited References – The author’s sources.

Times Cited – Papers that have cited this paper.

Related Records – Link to papers that reference the same sources as this particular paper. They are Related through co-citation.

Go to Current Contents

Connect

Go to BIOSIS Previews

Current Contents Connect

CC Connect Table-of-

Contents

BIOSIS Previews

Journal Citation Reports

Go to Current Contents

Connect

Go to BIOSIS Previews

Current Contents Connect

CC Connect Table-of-

Contents

BIOSIS Previews

Journal Citation Reports

For Related Records, Web of Science 7.0 presents the number of references

shared by related papers – a proven method for gauging relevance.

For Related Records, Web of Science 7.0 presents the number of references

shared by related papers – a proven method for gauging relevance.

Current Contents Connect

CC Connect Table-of-

Contents

BIOSIS Previews

Journal Citation Reports

Should a record seem especially relevant, Web of Science 7.0 allows the user to quickly and Easily create a Citation Alert – receive an e-

mail alert containing information on published papers that reference a particular paper you’ve

selected.

Citation Alert!Take advantage of the vast

collection of Influential Papers within the Web of Science.

Citation Alert!Take advantage of the vast

collection of Influential Papers within the Web of Science.

Cited Reference Search

To be truly comprehensive in your search efforts, the Cited Reference Search is

essential in that it can retrieve information often missed through use of Key-words alone.

Identify an Author or Paper that is very relevant to your search topic.

Identify an Author or Paper that is very relevant to your search topic.

As little information as an author name is sufficient to initiate a

Cited Reference Search.

Works for Cited Authors are identified.

The “Finish Search” option will retrieve papers that have referenced the work or

works we have selected.

The Cited Reference Search –

Easy to Perform, and Extremely Valuable for Comprehensive Searching.

Current Contents Connect

CC Connect Table-of-

Contents

BIOSIS Previews

Journal Citation Reports

Search History maintains a list of queries and results for the session,

as well as Save History and Open Saved History options.

Saving your Search and saving it as an alert is extremely simple. Enter a History name and select

desired options.

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From just a single record within the Web of Science,

expand your search by simply following the links designed

to drive discovery.

… moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited,

and through Related Records.

Analyze Tool

• Sort results into a variety of categories

• Author

• Subject (not keyword)

• Source (journal)

• Institution

Web of Science 7.0Results Analysis ToolResults Analysis Tool

Recognize trends and access subsets of Authors,

Institutions, Timeframes, etc., associated with important

research.

Recognize trends and access subsets of Authors,

Institutions, Timeframes, etc., associated with important

research.

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• Any questions?