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Searching on the Web of Knowledge

Searching on the Web of Knowledge. After this presentation you will be able to…. Create a basic search strategy Search the bibliographic database Web of Knowledge for references to journal articles Check to see if the library has access to the references which you have found.

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Searching on the Web of Knowledge

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  1. Searching on the Web of Knowledge

  2. After this presentation you will be able to… • Create a basic search strategy • Search the bibliographic database Web of Knowledge for references to journal articles • Check to see if the library has access to the references which you have found

  3. But before you start searching consider your search question

  4. Search question Identify measures which will lead to the prevention of falls and fall related injuries in the elderly

  5. From your search question • Identify the concepts of your question • List alternative keywords and phrases • Include both narrow and broad terms • List alternative spellings and punctuation

  6. What are the keywords? • Keywords are words which describe your subject topic. They can be single words (e.g. nursing) or phrases (e.g. health promotion). • You will also need to think of synonyms, alternative expressions and American spellings (e.g. fetal or foetal)

  7. Question, Concepts & Keywords • Identify measures which will lead to the prevention of falls and fall related injuries in the elderly

  8. Identify your search terms • Identify measures which will lead to the prevention of falls and fall related injuries in the elderly

  9. Join these terms together using: • Boolean logic and • Truncation

  10. Boolean operators • Allow you to search for multiple keywords • orcombines different expressions for the same concept • teenagers or juveniles • and links two different concepts together • whiplash and manipulation

  11. Truncation • Finds any keyword with a common stem • Truncation symbol is * in WoK • Physiotherap* will find: • physiotherapist • physiotherapists • Physiotherapy • etc.

  12. Wildcards • To replace a letter in the middle of a word (? symbol in WoK) • Wom?n will find: • Woman or Women • Colo?r will find: • Colour or Color • (Check the ‘Help’ on your database to make sure that you are using the correct symbol)

  13. The search will look like this: • Search 1 • prevent* • Search 2 • elder* or old* or aged • Search 3 • injur* • Search 4 • fall*

  14. Choose the relevant subject link

  15. Scroll down to the Web of Knowledge

  16. Link to WoK If you need help use this link

  17. Login using your iSolutions username and password

  18. Open the Web of Science link

  19. 1. Enter first search term 2. Then search

  20. 2. Return to Search for next search term 1. Results of first search

  21. 1. Enter next three search term/s. 3. Change all search options to topic 4. Search as before 2. Remember to change the and to or as we are combining similar terms

  22. Continue searching as before with the last two terms: fall* injur*

  23. 2. To combine all four searches use this link 1. Results of final search

  24. Check the Boolean operator you want to use to combine the searches Tick those you wish to combine 3. Then activate by using the combine button

  25. To view the results use this link (they are arranged in reverse chronological order)

  26. 1. Final number of results 2. If you want to cut down the number of search results scroll down….

  27. ….where you can choose from options such as year of publication, language etc.

  28. To see further details of the reference use this link

  29. Full details of reference including the abstract

  30. Create citation alert

  31. Create Citation Alert If you register with Create Citation Alert you will receive an e-mail alert each time this article is cited in a new article.

  32. Journal citation reports (journal impact factors)

  33. Journal impact factors The journal impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor will help you evaluate a journal's relative importance, especially when you compare it to others in the same field.

  34. Go back to list of references and move through references page by page

  35. Using cited references and times cited links References - This link displays the list of references cited by the article at the top of the page. Times cited - This link displays the list of references that cite the work shown at the top of the page.

  36. Open up a reference with a number in the times cited

  37. Times cited References

  38. References (older refs)

  39. Those with titles in blue are live links

  40. Times cited (newer refs)

  41. Each of these references can be followed through in the same way

  42. Marking records

  43. Tick boxes of refs. you wish to save then add them to the marked list, page by page…..

  44. Then add the selected items to your marked list

  45. When you have finished marking open up this link to save/email/export your results

  46. When you have finished marking choose your method of output and follow the prompts Don’t forget to mark the abstract box

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