Web of Science presentation given at AASU on November 6

1. Introduction to Web of Science Laura Wright Interlibrary Loan & Reference Librarian Fall 2007

3. http://library.uncfsu.edu/

8. Time to dive in!

9. Please introduce yourself and tell us your topic.

10. Database Finder

11. Databases are listed alphabetically. Use the Browse the Subject List of Databases to generate a list of subject related databases.

12. ISI Web of Science

13. Click on Web of Science to get into the database.

14. Quick Search: enter keywords & click Search Check the appropriate database(s) Quick Search is the default search page. Click on General Search to go to the General Search page and see more search options.

16. RNA Boolean Operators use OR to expand your search: DNA OR RNA use AND to narrow your search: Chemistry AND DNA DNA combine AND and OR : Chemistry and (DNA or RNA) Chemistry DNA Chem DNA RNA

17. General Search Screen

18. Select database(s) to search Enter keyword(s) Select document type (article) General Search for an Article. Enter search term(s) in the Topic search box. Remember your Booleans (AND, OR)! Select documet type (Article) in the “Restrict search by languages and document types” drop-box. Click search.

19. Select database(s) to search Enter keyword(s) Select document type (review) General Search for a Review Article Enter search term(s) in the Topic search box. Remember your Booleans (AND, OR)! Select documet type (Review) in the “Restrict search by languages and document types” drop-box. Click search.

21. Search Results-Summary for “nano-liquid-chromatography” limited to “Review.” How many results were found? Are any of these articles full-text? Click on the title to open the item record.

22. Full Record Read the Abstract to learn more about the article. See Keywords describing the article. How many articles does this article cite? How many articles cite this article?

24. Click on the Cited References link to see the “parents” of this article.

25. Navigate using the buttons in the database. Search Results will take you back to the results page. Click on the article title to get back into the item record.

26. Click on the Times Cited link to see the “children” of this article.

28. Click on the Find Related Articles link to see the “cousins” of this article. The more citations an article shares with the original article the more closely related they are in topic (presumably).

30. Search Results-Summary page None of these articles is full-text in Web of Science. Click on Links to open a search window for Journal Finder. Search Journal Finder to see if the library has the full-text article through another database, or in print.

31. Whew! This is hard work! Keep track of your hard work and citations. Check the article(s) that interest you and click on Add to Marked List.

32. Articles added to the Marked List have a red check mark. Do NOT use the back button, you will un-mark records if you back up. Instead, use the navigational buttons within the database. Do you see the number of articles marked?

33. Let’s add some more records to our Marked Record List. I selected three articles that cite the original article.

34. There are 4 articles marked. Click on Marked List button, or “4 records marked” hyperlink to get into your marked list.

35. There are several output options for your Marked List of citations. Format For Print Save to File Email (Scroll down to see the records in your list.)

36. Articles in the list.

37. Format For Print Click on Format for Print to a get a printer-friendly list of articles marked.

38. Save to File Click on Save to File to open this page. Click on the Save button to open the File Download, and save.

39. Email records to: yourself

40. Search History Click on the Search History button to view previous searches and their results.

41. Search History Click on the result number hyper-link to view the results for a previous search.

42. What do I do with these citations? Retrieve the articles. Search Journal Finder to see if the Library has the journal online or in print.

43. This journal is available online and in print. Click on the icon to see the actual holdings (years and volumes) in the library.

44. Online holdings

46. Please share one thing you have learnedtoday.