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1. the top of the screen You can now select the fields to include in the output e g abstract keywords cited references Choose the type of output either Format for print plain text Save to file Save to Endnote or Email CHECKING LIBRARY HOLDINGS There are no full text articles on Web of Science but some references will have a Full Text button allowing you to link to articles which are freely available on other sites EXPORTING AND IMPORTING RECORDS INTO ENDNOTE EndNote is a reference management software for assisting with studying research and creating bibliographies EndNote allows you to create your own database of references It is available on all the pooled room computers in the Library and computer rooms You can also purchase EndNote for home use Further details about EndNote are available from the EndNote Library Web pages THOMSON REUTERS Web of Science allows you to transfer your search results directly into your EndNote Library using a direct export facility You must have EndNote installed on the computer you are using to search Web of Science if you wish to do this If you do not have EndNote on your workstation then you can save the records and import them Full instructions on both methods are available in our guide ISI databases and EndNote You can also export references from Web of Science to EndNote Web FURTHER HELP The online help near the top of each screen gives further details and examples2. For additional help please contact your Subject Librarian THOMSON REUTERS REGISTERING WITH WEB OF SCIENCE It is necessary to register to use some of the enhanced services on Web of Science such as saving searches and setting up search history alerts and citation alerts To register e Click on Web of Science to connect to the database e You will taken to a page entitled ISI Web of Knowledge Service e At the ISI Web of Knowledge home page you will see the option Customize Your Experience on the right of the screen Click on Register e Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Registration form Your account consists of a username your email address and a password which you select yourself You will be registered immediately and will get an email from Web of Science notifying you of this e Once registered you can set up the following alerts enabling you to keep up to date with the latest research in your field Remember that Web of Science is updated every week e Search history alerts you will receive an e mail when any new articles matching your search criteria are added to the database e Citation alerts you will receive an e mail when any new items citing a specific article are added to the database THOMSON REUTERS SETTING UP A SEARCH ALERT Each search you run on Web of Science will be added to the Search History for that session These searches can be saved and can be turned
3. Note that different authors may cite the same work in different ways so it s a good idea to select variations on the name For example if you were searching for B R Foorman select Foorman B and Foorman BR from the alphabetical list Click on Add next to the names you wish to select and then click on OK Alternatively you could enter you search with a wildcard e g Foorman B Click on Search You will then see a list of articles which cite this author in their references e You can use the Cited Author Cited Work and Cited Year options in combination to look up a specific cited work You will then see a list of articles which cite this work in their bibliography e Select the appropriate results by checking the boxes and click on Finish search THOMSON REUTERS SETTING UP A CITATION ALERT You can create an alert to notify you about authors who cite a specific work perhaps one of your own e You ll need to have registered with Web of Science and signed into your account in order to set up this alert e In Web of Science you can either run a general search from the main search screen or a Cited Reference search to find the work e When you have located the specific source click on the title to view the full database record e Use the Create Citation Alert on the right of the screen to set up an alert e You ll then receive an email when any item is added to the database which cites this source CITATION REPORT AND
4. THE H INDEX e In Web of Science run a general search from the main search screen e On the results page click the Create Citation Report link that appears on the right of the screen above the results Note that the Citation Report is not available when your search contains more than 10 000 articles e The Citation Report report reflects citations to source items indexed within Web of Science You would need to do a Cited Reference Search to include citations to items not indexed within Web of Science e The report displays graphs of Published items in each year and Citations in each year e You can also see the average citations per item and the h index score The h index was developed by J E Hirsch in 2005 as an attempt to measure the impact of the work of particular researchers The h index for each researcher is based on a list of their most cited publications and the number of times these works have been cited THOMSON REUTERS e Creating a citation map The full database record for each item includes details of the associated references You can click on Times Cited to see a list of more recent articles which have referred back to this work You can also click on References to see the author s cited references bibliography for this work This information can be viewed in graphic form by using the Citation Map option which also appears in the full database record You can create citation maps that show the ci
5. between articles that are established by the expert researchers working in your field BASIC SEARCHING The default screen which you come to initially is the main search screen You also have the options of Advanced Search and Cited Reference Search e The main search screen allows you to search by topic keyword author or publication name e Use AND OR or NOT to combine your search terms e Use wildcards to truncate your search terms eg comput will find computers computers computing etc e Click on the index icons to select author names or publication titles in the correct format from an alphabetical list e Use the onscreen help facility for further search tips e You can focus your search by selecting a specific timespan or database Scroll down the screen to see e Options to select a specific timespan e g Year to date or range of years The default is to search all years from 1980 to the present e Options to choose which databases to search The default is to search all 2 databases together but they can also be searched separately or in any combination o Social Science Citation Index 1970 o Arts amp Humanities Citation Index 1975 THOMSON REUTERS DISPLAYING AND VIEWING RECORDS The Results screen displays the results of your search giving brief details for each record The total number of hits is displayed above the results list Results are presented 10 at a time and sorted by d
6. publication list allows others easy access to your body of work e You can manage this publication list and your professional profile online in one place THOMSON REUTERS You can place your ResearcherID badge in almost any online environment webpage blog etc to showcase recent publications and link people directly to your profile and full publication list in ResearcherID Personal metrics like times cited counts and H index quantify your performance You can view other researchers Citing Articles and Collaboration Networks to find others in your field you may want to work with THOMSON REUTERS
7. THOMSON REUTERS ANALYZING SEARCH RESULTS e When your search results are displayed on Web of Science they will be presented 10 at a time and sorted by date You can use the option above the search results to sort them by Times Cited Relevance First Author Source Title Publication Year Conference Title e Scroll down the results screen to see the Refine Results options in the box on the left These allow you to narrow down your search by Subject Area Document Type Author Source Title Publication Year Conference Title Institution Language Country Territory e Further methods of narrowing down your search are available by selecting the Analyze results option on the right of the screen You can rank your results by Author Conference Title Country Territory Document Type Institution Name Language Publication Year Source Title Subject Area e For example you could run a search for all authors from Oxford Brookes and analyze the results by subject area o On the main search screen type Oxford Brookes into the first search box and use the drop down menu to change the index from Topic to Address o Choose the Analyze results option on the right of the results screen to rank your results by Subject Area e You can also run a search for authors from a specific School and analyze the results in various ways o On the main search screen type Oxford Brookes into the first search box and add anoth
8. USER GUIDE Contents USER OUR G4242p4545946r eee 1 WHAT IS WEB OF SCIENCE iis scrniaswnvsnssduicanssaucsenasavesunesianaeeanebauarqaae 2 BASIC SEARCHING genene 2 DISPLAYING AND VIEWING RECORDG cccssseccceseseeeneeseeeeaeeeees 3 PRINTING EMAILING AND SAVING RECORDG ccceseseeeneeeeees 4 CHECKING LIBRARY HOLDINGS jicsssecccnsssednsossentnawacentannnecnssverenndevetars 4 EXPORTING AND IMPORTING RECORDS INTO ENDNOTE 4 FURTHER HELP Guss Nede 5 REGISTERING WITH WEB OF SCIENCE ccccsesccccesseeeeeeseeeeaeeeees 6 SETTING UP A SEARCH ALERT Lagan 7 CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING ua 8 SETTING UP A CITATION ALERT sscccccsseccctssseceeeeseeeeseseeeeaeaes 9 CITATION REPORT AND THE H INDEX sscccceseseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeenes 9 Creating a citation Map sauatrmmten eee 10 LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC AUTHOR cscccccssseccteseeeeaeeeserseees 11 SETTING UP A CITED AUTHOR ALERT ccccccssseceeesseeeeeeseeeees 12 ANALYZING SEARCH RESULTS ccecccccssseeccseseeceeeseeesseeeeeeseaes 13 ADVANCED SEARCH vende 14 RESEARCHERID ceecee e aa EAEE RE EE E aN 14 THOMSON REUTERS WHAT IS WEB OF SCIENCE Search over 55 million records from the top journals conference proceedings and books in the sciences social sciences and arts and humanities to find the high quality research most relevant to your area of interest Using linked cited references explore the subject connections
9. ate The Refine Results box to the left of the search results allows you to focus your search further e g by selecting a specific document type Click on the title of each record to see further details and an abstract if available The full database record for each item includes details of the associated references allowing you to look back towards the sources the author has used and forwards to the authors who have used this particular work Click on Times Cited to see more recent articles which have referred back to this work Click on References to see the author s cited references bibliography for this work THOMSON REUTERS PRINTING EMAILING AND SAVING RECORDS When viewing the full database record for an item you ll see options to Print or E mail this reference Alternatively you can create a Marked List of results which will give you a wider range of output details and options To do this click on the Add to Marked List option at the top of the record You can also select records from the list of results Click on Back to results list to return to your results list and then mark any records you wish to select using the check boxes Click on the Add to marked list button and repeat this process on each page to create your marked list You can continue to add items to this marked list from subsequent searches To view your marked records and extract them click on the Marked List button near
10. er keyword from the School s name linked by and e g oxford brookes and planning o Use the drop down menu to change the index from Topic to Address o Choose the Analyze results option on the right of the results screen to rank your results by author for example THOMSON REUTERS ADVANCED SEARCH Web of Science offers an Advanced Search option for experienced users familiar with using field tags e Atthe ISI Web of Knowledge home page select Web of Science e Click on the Advanced Search option e The format of an Advanced Search query consists of one or more field tags and a search string Booleans and wildcards are allowed e Enter your search query in the text box using the two character field tags To restrict your search select one or more languages and or document types RESEARCHERID ResearcherlD is a website where invited researchers can register for a unique researcher ID number To register for a ResearcherID number e You need to first register with Web of Science e Once you have registered sign in to your account with your username email address and chosen password e Scroll down the menu on the right of the screen and click on Sign up Access my ResearcherID e Fill out the Online Registration form using the same email address and password as above e ResearcherID offers various benefits e The unique identifier ensures your work is correctly attributed to you e Anonline
11. ertain authors are cited perhaps colleagues in your School e You ll need to have registered with Web of Science and signed into your account in order to set up this alert e In Web of Science click on the Cited Reference Search option e Use the Cited Author index to select names in the correct format from the index Note that different authors may cite the same work in different ways so it s a good idea to select variations on the name or enter your search with a wildcard e g Hendry J e You will then see a list of articles which cite this author in their references Select 1 or more of the results depending on whether the author s name has been cited in different ways by checking the boxes Click on Finish search e This will give you a list of the works that have cited your chosen author You can create an alert for this cited author or refine your search to specify their institution To do this scroll down to see the Refine Results options in the box on the left of the screen Select Institutions and look for your chosen institution e g Oxford Brookes Univ Your refined search should now be something like this Cited Author hendry j Refined by Institutions OXFORD BROOKES UNIV and you can create an alert based on this e To set up the alert click on Search History Select the relevant search from the list and check the box below Combine Sets Click on Save History Create Alert
12. into alerts e At the ISI Web of Knowledge home page sign in to your account using the option on the right of the screen e Select Web of Science by clicking on the relevant tab and run your search e Click on the Search History tab above your search results list e Follow the onscreen instructions to save this search and or create an alert A saved alert will automatically search your selected databases every week for new content which matches your search and email you with the results THOMSON REUTERS CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING Cited reference searching is a unique feature of Web of Science The database includes 3 Citation Indexes and each item listed on the database includes a list of the author s cited references This means that you can use the Cited Reference Search to find articles that have cited a specific work or author allowing you to expand your research by tracing other relevant articles You may also want to use this to keep track of who is citing your own work or that of colleagues Tips on how to run cited reference searches are below Tips on how to run cited reference searches are below You can also try our Camtasia tutorial on citation searching e At the ISI Web of Knowledge home page select Web of Science e Click on the Cited Reference Search option e You can search for Cited Author Cited Work or Cited Year s e Use the Cited Author index to select names in the correct format from the index
13. tation relationships cited references and citing articles between a paper and other papers You may want to do this to e Anlayze which researchers are citing your papers e Set up a graphical representation of the papers that you have cited in a published work e When you click on the Citation Map button you will see options to create maps in different ways Using your chosen source as a starting point you can create a citation map which looks e Forward only showing the authors works who have cited this source e Backward only showing the authors works cited in the bibliography of this source e Forward and backward displaying both the sources the author has used and the sources who have used this particular work e The default is to create a citation map covering 1 generation but you can choose to extend this to 2 generations to trace further back or forward in time THOMSON REUTERS LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC AUTHOR Identifying the papers from one author can be quite difficult especially if the author has a common name Some techniques to help include When using Basic Search select the Author field from the drop down menu to the right of the search box Enter the name without commas e g Smith M Searching with a single initial will also find authors with multiple initials you should use double quote marks to find exact matches e g Smith M will find M Smith but not M A Smith M B Smith etc If yo
14. ur target author has a personal researcherid profile select the researcherid field from the drop down menu to the right of the search box and search for their unique researcherid code see our researcherid guide for more information Use Author Search instead of Basic search select this option from the drop down above the search box e Enter the last name of the author in the Last Name Family Name field You can include hyphens spaces apostrophes last names that contain a space can be searched with and without the space e Enter up to four initials of the author s name in the Initial s field e Decide whether to select the Exact Matches Only tick box this is optional Leave it clear to search for all variants of an author s name remember that sometimes an author may appear with only one initial and sometimes with two or more initials Tick it to restrict your search to only the exact variant you have entered e Either click Finish search or move on to Select Research Domain and Select Organisation if necessary e Alist of search results will be displayed and at the top a link to the Author Sets that the software has identified click here to view more information about each author use the tick boxes to select only those authors results you want to include and then click View records to show only their papers THOMSON REUTERS SETTING UP A CITED AUTHOR ALERT You can create alerts to notify you when c
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