Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education

1. Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education http://wok.mimas.ac.uk An Overview Web of Knowledge Support Officer http://www.mimas.ac.uk April 2007

2. Overview • About the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education • Introduction to the Web of Knowledge platform • Content of the Web of Science • Web of Science - example • CrossSearch - example http://wok.mimas.ac.uk

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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) )

7. http://wok.mimas.ac.uk ISI Web of Knowledge for UK Education - Home page

8. 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 Register for additional features Click on a product title to link directly into the product

9. 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.)

10. Web of Science

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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.

16. Select Web of Science – 2 options ISI Web of Knowledge application - Home page

17. Search Options Select date range – refers to year added to database Check boxes are automatically set to default to all 3 databases. De-select boxes to search databases individually.

18. 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

19. To search within the results, you can enter a topic search query in the text box and click ‘Search’ Options to refine the search on the summary results page Change number ofrecords displayed per page here Mark records individually by clicking in this box then click ‘Add to marked list’ To navigate results pages enter a page number, click the page numbers or use the arrow keys Click on article title link to view its full record Sort, Output and Analyze options

20. 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.

21. 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 This links to articles which share one or more items in the original article’s bibliography Click to add to marked list Click to create a Citation alert for this record Author contact information Linking Options Return to Search Results Summary

22. Link to external web site to view the Full Text

23. 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

24. OpenURL Linking OpenURL Link

25. JCR Linking Click these links to see additional information about this record in other products

26. 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

27. 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 You can sort records by Latest Date, First Author, Times Cited or Source Title Select the desired output option

28. Format for print option Downloading Records Options: Format for Printing Save to file Exporting to Reference Software Email Save to EndNote Web

29. 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

30. CrossSearch Select CrossSearch here to go directly to the CrossSearch form with additional search options. You can perform a quick ‘Topic’ CrossSearch here

31. CrossSearch Lists all the products being searched Uses the same fields and operators as WoS Time span - default is Latest 5 Years Options for entries will depend on products selected

32. CrossSearch Click to access the Marked List Results can be filtered by product 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’

33. Click here to edit search Click the ‘results’ link to go the website of the named publisher – will open in new window 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

34. Click here to change products to search Click here to remove ‘Select All’ Click in check boxes to remove individual products Web of Knowledge products – this list will vary according to which products your institution subscribe

35. 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