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ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education

ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education. http://wok.mimas.ac.uk. An Overview Suzanne Williams ISI Web of Knowledge Support Officer. http://www.mimas.ac.uk. Overview. About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education Introduction to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform

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ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education

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  1. ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education http://wok.mimas.ac.uk An Overview Suzanne Williams ISI Web of Knowledge Support Officer http://www.mimas.ac.uk

  2. Overview • About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education • Introduction to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform • Content of the Web of Science • Web of Science - example • All Databases Search- example

  3. The ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education • Integrated platform supporting research and teaching in UK education institutions • Portal providing: • simple All Database searching across Web of Science plus additional products that an institution subscribe (Journal Citation Reports not included in All Databases Search) • access to • Web of Science (now includes Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science ) • Medline (1950 – present) • plus additional products and external collections / websites

  4. Who hosts the service? • The ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education is hosted by Thomson Reuters • Thomson Reuters own the databases and the application • Mimas, The University of Manchester support the service • JISC funded service • JISC Collections negotiate and manage the agreement

  5. Additional products Examples of additional products available: • 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

  6. 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, citation alerts and RSS feeds • Create custom journal lists for focused browsing and table of contents alerting (CCC subscribers only). • Save and manage your references online with EndNote Web • Automatically sign in every time you access ISI Web of Knowledge. (Note: Users of public computers should not select this option.)

  7. Web of Science

  8. 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 • Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (1990-) • 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

  9. Features of Web of Science • Search citation databases individually or simultaneously • General, Advanced and Cited Reference 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

  10. Search Fields

  11. Proximity Operators

  12. Truncation

  13. Boolean Operators

  14. Linking Options • 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)

  15. Web of Knowledge – All Databases Search • 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

  16. Contact us: • Helpdesk e-mail: wok@mimas.ac.uk • For information and assistance • Provide feedback on the WoK service • WOSEC (Web of Science Enhancement Committee • Hands On session http://wok.mimas.ac.uk

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