"Welcome to the Library"
Here you will find some links specially selected by a group of focused librarians, to help you gain an overview of how to use library resources.
To begin with we will only list links which cover the 'Web of Knowledge' in particular its 'citation linker' device.
Other links may be added if and when we can find the time betweeen researching for essays and creating presentations. for now, we hope this will suffice, and hope you enjoy the lens.
It is a work in progress so your patience is asked for while we create something we hope will be special and usful to all. Failing that, it's been a blast, so thanks for reading.
Guides To 'Web of Knowledge'
An overview to our Guide
There are many different guides available for people to learn how to use the 'Web of Knowledge'. Below is a quick squidoo-based guide produced by our team.
ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education
ISI is an integrated platform supporting research and teaching in UK education institutions. It is a portal providing simple cross searching across Web of Science and ISI Proceedings facilitating access to:
Web of Science
ISI Proceedings
Current Contents Connect
Journal Citation Reports
Derwent Innovations Index
Plus additional products and external collections (dependant on an institution's subscriptions)
WoK is hosted by Thompson Scientific who owns the databases and the application, MIMAS support the service and JISC provide funding and negotiate and manage the agreement.
Coverage
The Web of Science consists of three large multidisciplinary databases:
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
These may be searched singly or in any combination. Each database fully indexes the core journals in its general area and includes the cited references making it possible to search for cited authors or works.
The Web covers more than 8,600 journals and conference proceedings:
5,900 (SCI)
1,725 (SSCI)
1,144 (ADH)
Over 20,000 new items are added each week with weekly updates.
The Citation Index
This indexes citations of a particular piece of research in subsequent articles and publications. You can search within the citation index, forwards or backwards. In other words, you can find articles that draw upon a piece of research, or you can work back to find the work upon which a particular article has drawn.
A cited reference search will bring up an abbreviated record of each of the search results.
How to do a cited reference search
Go to the Web of Knowledge Web of Science page [see link below]:
Click on CITED REF SEARCH button.
Choose the time span that you want to search, from the most recent update by choosing from the drop-down update menu, or a particular year or the entire database (the default setting).
Enter the cited author, work or year that you want to search for. You can use wildcard searches and Boolean search terms.
Click on the SEARCH button.
Bingo!
ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education
ISI is an integrated platform supporting research and teaching in UK education institutions. It is a portal providing simple cross searching across Web of Science and ISI Proceedings facilitating access to:
Web of Science
ISI Proceedings
Current Contents Connect
Journal Citation Reports
Derwent Innovations Index
Plus additional products and external collections (dependant on an institution's subscriptions)
WoK is hosted by Thompson Scientific who owns the databases and the application, MIMAS support the service and JISC provide funding and negotiate and manage the agreement.
Coverage
The Web of Science consists of three large multidisciplinary databases:
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
These may be searched singly or in any combination. Each database fully indexes the core journals in its general area and includes the cited references making it possible to search for cited authors or works.
The Web covers more than 8,600 journals and conference proceedings:
5,900 (SCI)
1,725 (SSCI)
1,144 (ADH)
Over 20,000 new items are added each week with weekly updates.
The Citation Index
This indexes citations of a particular piece of research in subsequent articles and publications. You can search within the citation index, forwards or backwards. In other words, you can find articles that draw upon a piece of research, or you can work back to find the work upon which a particular article has drawn.
A cited reference search will bring up an abbreviated record of each of the search results.
How to do a cited reference search
Go to the Web of Knowledge Web of Science page [see link below]:
Click on CITED REF SEARCH button.
Choose the time span that you want to search, from the most recent update by choosing from the drop-down update menu, or a particular year or the entire database (the default setting).
Enter the cited author, work or year that you want to search for. You can use wildcard searches and Boolean search terms.
Click on the SEARCH button.
Bingo!
Links to database guides
Guides from all over the globe
Below is a list of useful links for 'Web of Knowledge' and the citation linker devise. Some links have more of a broard guide to the database, and some use the name 'Web of Science'. Enjoy
- The Web of Knowledge
- A link to the web of knowledge.
- Citation Index Link
- This link provided by Web of Knowledge jumps straight to a very good outline of how to use the Citation linker/index. Should be the first port of call for all those needing a tip or two about citation linking.
- University of Sheffield
- This is the University of Sheffield guide for using the 'Web of Knowledge'. Once again showing the 'citation linker' device.
- University of Birmingham
- A very good all round guide to Web of Knowledge. The Citation search advice is clear and easy to understand.
- Oxford University Presentation on W.o.K
- Here is a powerpoint presentation highlighting the recent changes that have occured when The Web of Science rebranded to the Web of Knowledge, with relevant comparisons between old and new user intefaces. This may be useful for people who have not used this database in a long time and are looking to see what has changed.
- University of Michigan
- This brief guide tells users how to use the Web of Knowledge. Simple but effective.
- Arthur Lakes Library Database Guide
- This library in Colorado, US, presents a whole guide to 'Web of Knowledge' including the 'citation linker' that is of interest to us.
- Web of Knowledge Tutorial
- This is the online tutorial provided by ISI Web of Kowledge for their product. Its brief overview includes a how-to guide. For a further in-depth guide the individual guides produced by Libraries and Universities are more appropriate for 'citation linker' advice.
- Thomsoms ISI Information page
- Thomsons ISI Web of Knowledge information page. A good place to start, with links here to tutorials, training, and fact sheets (see left hand side of screen). It also inroduces what functions Web of Knowledge hopes to forfill which can be useful.
- FAQs
- Some Frequently asked questions. Maintained by Web of Knowledge. How to register, what databases are held, training, and technical advice to mention a few.
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