Web of Science User Guide
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1. To access the full text e From the article abstract screen click Full Text Options w Click e lf the article is available from the Library s holdings a new window will open with the full text Where no full text is available online remember to check the Library Catalogue enter the journal title before requesting an article through the Document Delivery service HELP If you are having difficulty accessing full text off campus take a look at the off Campus guide guides library ulster ac uk offcampus Web of Science also has an excellent help section which you can access at any time by clicking Help at the top right of the screen A guide to Web of Science s Additional Features is also available Don t worry if you are having problems using the database just contact a member of the Life and Health Sciences subject team who will be happy to help Contact Details Atkinson Sarah Coleraine 0270124257 s smyth2 ulster ac uk Smyth Library Mary Rose Jordanstown 02890368003 mr holman ulster ac uk Holman Library Frank Magee Library 02871675065 f odeorain ulster ac uk O Deorain Last Updated August 20152. to combine terms that are similar This will increase the number of articles found e g poison OR venom OR toxicant AND use AND to find articles which use all of your search terms or combine terms that are different This will reduce the number of articles found e g oxygen AND level AND blood NOT use NOT to exclude terms e g copper NOT lead Use this search with caution as it may exclude relevant results Advanced searching techniques can also be used Truncation placing a at the natural end of a word the stem will find all variations e g cyan will find cyan cyanide cyanotic cyanosis and cyanobacteria Phrase searching Placing double quotation marks around terms will search for it as an exact phrase e g oxygen depletion Example search Basic Search cyan w oxygen deplet Add Another Field Clear All Fields TIMESPAN AND CITATION INDICES You can specify a date range for your search and select citation indices from Web of Science s Core Collection using the options beneath the search box VIEWING RESULTS Your results will be displayed as a list of references with the total number of results found at the top of the results box Click on the article for more information including the abstract if available You can refine search results by using filters find the most frequently used on the column on the left hand side of the screen beside the results Accessing Full Text
3. Ulster University Library Web of Science Quick Guide COVERAGE Web of Science is a cross disciplinary database covering the fields of science engineering and computing social science and arts and humanities Web of Science is a bibliographical database Full text access to some content is provided for some you may need to connect via our other electronic sources or consult the Library Catalogue ACCESS Web of Science is available on and off campus e Log onto the Portal at portal ulster ac uk e Wait for the Athens Authentication banner to drop down U are nae aucbnenheated ta diene e Select the Library amp ICT tab e Select the Databases link displayed under Key Services on the right hand side of the screen The A Z listing of Library Databases is displayed on the screen e Click on W and scroll down to select Web of Science e Click Proceed SEARCHING Web of Science will open to the Basic Search in Web of Science s Core Collection Search Web of Science Core Collection My Tools Se Welcome to the new Web of Sc Basic Search ot Search Add Another Field Begin by adding search words to the search box You can add and remove rows by clicking the Add Another Field link COMBINING SEARCH TERMS Combine terms using the connectors AND OR NOT from the drop down menu or by typing them directly into the box OR use OR to find articles which use any or several of your search terms or
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