E-struction -- Web of Science E-MAIL ORIENTATION TO LIBRARY RESOURCES Web of Science ********************************** Description: Web of Science is the web version of the three citation indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Science Citation Index. LSU Libraries has access to these indexes going back to 1984. The Web of Science collectively indexes more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. The Science Citation Index covers over 5,600 journals and is updated with 16,000 new records every week. The Social Sciences Citation Index covers more than 1,700 journals and is updated with 2,900 new records every week, also selectively covering relevant items from over 5,600 leading science and technical journals. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index covers over 1,140 journals and is updated with 2,700 new records every week, selectively covering relevant items from over 7,000 leading science and social sciences journals. Through the Web of Science, these databases are available independently or in any combination. ********************************** Access: Web of Science is available through Web of Knowledge. It is available on campus to anyone, and off campus to students, faculty, and staff, by and typing in your i.d. number and PIN There is a link to Web of Knowledge on the Libraries' home page: http://www.lib.lsu.edu ********************************** General Seach Techniques Web of Science first offers the option of a Full Search or an Easy Search. I recommend always using the full search, regardless of how sophisticated your search, or your searching talents, are. The Easy Search may be appropriate for undergraduates looking for citations about broad topics; the language and the interface are limited, eliminating usability. Like most databases, searching is not case sensitive. I have put the examples in all capitals. Full Search The Full Search offers the full range of General Search and Cited Reference Search options. When you access the Full Search option, first select the database(s) you want to search, and the range of dates you wish to search. Leaving date ranges unchecked will search all dates available. Next, select the type of search by clicking: General Search (searches for articles by subject, author, journal, or author address); Cited Ref Search (searches for articles that have cited a known work); or Using Saved Query (searches by selecting and running a query you have previously saved). If you choose a General Search To search the selected database(s) for articles based on what you know about their subject matter, author(s), publication, or author address(es): 1.Click Clear to remove search parameters from previous searches. 2.Enter information in one or more search fields. 3.Select any of the following options (scroll down to the bottom of the page): Set limits and sort option 4.Optionally Save Query. 5.Click Search. Examples Enter MAD COW DISEASE in the Topic field to search for articles on this topic. Enter FOUCAULT M* in the Author field to search for articles written by this author (use the * wildcard to cover any additional initials). Note, the truncation is a MUST unless you know that FOUCAULT went by no other name. A search on only a last name will retreive articles by an author with no known first or middle initial. Enter JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE in the Source Title field to search for articles in this journal. Enter LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY in the Address field to search for articles written by authors whose addresses include this university. Be aware when you are searching this way that Web of Science does not have an authority spelling for institutions. LSU may be listed several ways (LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOUISIANA STATE UNIV., LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & A&M, etc.). Searching by one spelling will not bring up records with the alternative spellings. Search Fields Topic Enter a word or phrase that might appear in the article title, abstract, or keyword list. You may also enter a series of words or phrases joined by search operators such as AND or OR. Use the Title only checkbox to restrict the search to article titles. Example: Enter HEPATITIS to search for records containing this word. Enter MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES to search for records containing this phrase. Enter HEPATITIS AND HEMODIALYSIS to search for records containing both these words. Enter HEPATITIS B OR HEPATITIS C to search for records containing either of these phrases. Use quotation marks around the words AND, OR, NOT, SAME, or SENT in any field when you do not intend these words to serve as search operators. For example, to find works by O. R. Koechli, enter KOECHLI "OR". To search for the journal title ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, enter ARCHITECTURE "AND" URBANISM. You may use wildcard characters such as the question mark and asterisk to search for variants of words. The question mark can be used to represent any single character. The asterisk wildcard can be used to represent zero to many characters (including no characters). In the Topic field, you must have at least three characters before an asterisk wildcard. Examples: Enter CHEM* to search for words starting with these letters and ending with any group of letters (e.g., CHEMISTRY, CHEMICAL, CHEMIST, CHEMISTS). Enter DERMATOS?S to search for words that consist of the specified letters with any single letter in the place of the question mark (e.g., DERMATOSIS or DERMATOSES). Note that certain frequently used words (e.g., words such as A, AN, THE, OF, IN) are not searchable in the Topic field. These stopwords may be entered as part of a phrase, but they will not be explicitly searched for. Instead, they will act as word wildcards. For example, searching for DEATH IN VENICE returns you any article that contains the words DEATH and VENICE separated by any single word. Search Results You may create a marked list with your results. Then, you can print or save your marked citations. In addition, you can save your search strategies and run them anytime you wish. This is useful if you wish to keep track of a certain article and how many times it has been cited from year to year, for example. ********************************** As always, if you have questions about this database, feel free to e-mail or call me directly. There are many more searching tips available on the Web of Science home page. ********************************** Sigrid Kelsey 8-2720