Transcript mimas bib training - Web of Science Service for UK Education

Web of Knowledge Service
for UK Education
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
An Overview
Web of Knowledge Support Officer
April 2007
http://www.mimas.ac.uk
Overview
• About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK
Education
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
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Introduction to the Web of Knowledge platform
Content of the Web of Science
Web of Science - example
CrossSearch - example
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
Additional products
• 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
Linking Options
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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) )
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
ISI Web of Knowledge for UK Education - Home page
CrossSearch
Thomson
products
Control Panel select a
product from the drop down
box
MIMAS WoK
Home page
Links for News,
Support,
Documentation
FAQ and
Feedback
Click on a product
title to link directly
into the product
Register
for
additional
features
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
Content of 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
Features 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
Combining Terms using
Boolean Operators
• 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
multiple 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
Wildcards & Truncation
* - wildcard or truncation for any number of characters
E.g. enzym* to find enzyme, enzymatic or enzymology
? - wildcard for a single character
E.g. wom?n to find woman or women
$ - wildcard for a single character or no characters
E.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.
Select Web of
Science – 2
options
ISI Web of Knowledge application - Home page
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
Click to hide
settings
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
Options to refine the search on the summary
results page
To search within the
results, you can enter a
topic search query in the
text box and click ‘Search’
Change number of records
displayed per page here
Mark records
individually by clicking
in this box then click
‘Add to marked list’
Click on article title link to
view its full record
To navigate results
pages enter a page
number, click the page
numbers or use the
arrow keys
Sort, Output
and Analyze
options
Sort, Output and Analyze
Options
You can sort records by Latest Date, Times
Cited, Relevance, First Author, Source Title, or
Publication Year
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.
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 on an author name to
retrieve all records by that
authors of that name
Shows a list of
articles that
cite this article
This takes you to the
records bibliography
of cited references
Click to add
to marked list
This links to articles
which share one
or more items in the
original article’s
bibliography
Author contact information
Click to create
a Citation alert
for this record
Linking
Options
Return to Search Results
Summary
Link to external web
site to view the
Full Text
Holdings Linking
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
OpenURL Linking
OpenURL Link
JCR Linking
Click these links to
see additional
information about
this record in other
products
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
Select the desired output option
You can sort records by
Latest Date, First
Author, Times Cited or
Source Title
Downloading Records
Options:
 Format for Printing
 Save to file
Format for print
 Exporting to Reference Software
option
 Email
Save to EndNote Web
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
Lists all the
products being
searched
Uses the same
fields and
operators
as WoS
Options for entries
will depend on
products selected
Time span default is
Latest 5 Years
CrossSearch
Click to access the
Marked List
Click this tab to
view results from
external web sites
Links to individual products
to view ‘Full Record’
Add individual
records to ‘Marked
List’. Click in check
box and click ‘Submit
Marks’
Results can
be filtered by
product
Click here to edit
search
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
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
Click here to change
products to search
Click here to remove
‘Select All’
Web of Knowledge
products – this list will
vary according to which
products your
institution
subscribe
Click in check
boxes to remove
individual products
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
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk