Transcript wosforengresearch

THOMSON SCIENTIFIC
Web of Science
Using the specialized search and analyze features
Jackie Stapleton, librarian
Fall 2006
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Web of Science
• Quality:
Content
Evaluated, Selected
– Every Web of Science journal is individually
selected for influence within its respective
discipline.
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Diversity:
Truly Multidisciplinary
– All fields of research are included
– 8,600+ journals total
 Over 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
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 Science 7.0
Easy To Search!
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The General Search is
designed to be simplistic
enough for virtually
anyone to begin to use
with little-to-no training.
Use AND/OR/NOT/* to create a
comprehensive search strategy
Example:
Terahertz imag* AND (biomedical
OR medical OR cancer OR health)
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.
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.
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For Related Records, Web of Science 7.0
presents the number of references
shared by related papers – a proven
method for gauging relevance.
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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.
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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.
Works
for Cited
Authors
are identified.
The “Finish Search” option will retrieve
papers that have referenced the work or
works we have selected.
As little information as an author
name is sufficient to initiate a
Cited Reference Search.
The Cited Reference Search –
Easy to Perform, and Extremely
Valuable for Comprehensive Searching.
Saving
Search
and saving
Search your
History
maintains
a list ofit
queries
and results
for the simple.
session,
as an alert
is extremely
as well
as Save
History
Enter
a History
name
and and
select
Open Saved
options.
desiredHistory
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.
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Cited
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Related
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… moving Backward in time via Cited References,
Forward in time via Times Cited,
and through Related Records.
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Analyze Tool
• Sort
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results into a variety of categories
Author
Subject (not keyword)
Source (journal)
Institution
of Science 7.0
Results Web
Analysis
Tool
Recognize trends and
access subsets of Authors,
Institutions, Timeframes, etc.,
associated with important
research.
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questions?