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Using Web of Science as a Research Tool : Experience at HKUST Library

Using Web of Science as a Research Tool : Experience at HKUST Library. Steve Yip Electronic Information Librarian. Contents. Subscription History Promotion and User Education Usage Statistics Tool for Both Locating Research Articles and Evaluating Academic Performance

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Using Web of Science as a Research Tool : Experience at HKUST Library

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  1. Using Web of Science as a Research Tool : Experience at HKUST Library Steve Yip Electronic Information Librarian

  2. Contents • Subscription History • Promotion and User Education • Usage Statistics • Tool for Both Locating Research Articles and Evaluating Academic Performance • Requests for Enhancements

  3. SCI & SSCI

  4. Promotion and User Education • Notes From the Library • e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/info/notes/notes36.html#web> • E-Mail Announcements • e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/mail-dir/msg00372.html> • Search Guide<http://library.ust.hk/info/db/wos.html>

  5. Promotion and User Education • Workshops on WOS • 2 to 3 Sessions Every Semester • Announcements • e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/mail-dir/msg00436.html> • Library Workshops on Specific Topics or for Specific Courses • Guides <http://library.ust.hk/res/subj-guides.html>

  6. WOS Usage Statistics (from http://reports.isiknowledge.com)

  7. Locating Research Literature - I • Search the abstracts of articles in 6,357 international journals in science and engineering, as well as 1,807 social sciences and business journals. • Link from search results to the full-text of the articles on the publishers’ web sites as well as the Library’s Catalog and Interlibrary Loan System. • Find the references cited in a particular article. • Find the journal articles that have cited a particular author or work (articles, conference papers, book chapters, patents, etc. )

  8. Locating Research Literature - II • Locate related articles that share one or more cited references. • Discover key papers through sorting search results by "times cited". • Create Citation Alerts to receive emails on new articles which cite your chosen articles as references.

  9. Evaluating Scholarly Performance - I • University Level • Search for the no. of articles published by universities in HK, and selected universities in China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia. • Conducted by the Vice-President for Research and Development Office annually to compare the scholarly outputs of the universities.

  10. Evaluating Scholarly Performance - II • Individual Level • Professors search (usually done by their RA) for the no. of times that each of their works (articles, conference papers, book chapters, patents, etc.) have been cited. • For applying the fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences or other prestigious organizations worldwide. • Search Results verified and certified by the Library.

  11. Requests for Enhancements - I Offer a platform (e.g., Link@Ovid, CSA IILUMIMA) for Library staff themselves to create links to e-journals. Standardize as much as possible the abbreviated names of institutions Number the authors and the corresponding addresses

  12. Requests for Enhancements – II • Increase the number of records that can be analysed from 2,000 to 100,000 or more. • Include the titles of cited works (articles, patents, conference papers, book chapters) and make them keyword searchable. • Allow limiting searches by broad subject categories • Offer an easy way to eliminate self-citation.

  13. End Thanks for your attention and patience!

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