isi web of science training workshop louisa lam medical librarian 25 january 2005
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ISI Web of Science Training Workshop
Louisa LamMedical Librarian25 January 2005
Web of Science Databases
Science Citation Index Expanded– A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of
the sciences of more than 150 disciplines– Includes 5,900 scholarly science & technical journals– 1985-present
Social Sciences Citation Index– Includes 3,300 scholarly science & technical journals– 1956-present
Arts & Humanities Citation Index– Includes 7,000 scholarly science & technical journals– 1975-present
How to access
Medical Library Home Page– Highlights > Electronic Resources –
Databases– 7 user licenses, sometimes licenses
may exceed
Library Catalogue
Click to go
Click one of the buttons to start searching
Select the database(s) to be included in the search Select the timespan
Searching
General Search by– Topic– Author– Group author– Source title: journal title– Address: address of the author
Advanced Search– combine different search sets
Enter search term(s) in one or more field boxes.
You may limit your search by language or publication types
You may make use of these indexes to look for search terms
Search Questions
1. How many papers were authored / co-authored by Professor Fok Tai Fai?
2. Is there any differences in results if only the Science Citation Index Expanded is selected?
3. How many papers were authored / co-authored by Professor Fok Tai Fai working in Chinese University of Hong Kong?
4. How many papers were authored / co-authored by Professor Fok Tai Fai working in Chinese University of Hong Kong and may sometimes associate himself with Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong?
Searching
Search the address fields:– Use abbreviations– Check the online abbreviation list for the
desired abbreviation– Chinese University of Hong Kong = chinese
univ hong kong– Prince of Wales Hospital = prince wales
hosp– Hong Kong = Hong Kong, Peoples R China,
Hong Kong Special Adm Region
Check this online abbreviation list for the desire abbreviation
Any two search terms in the field boxes will be combined automatically in the search by applying “AND” operator.
Searching
– AND: two terms must be present
– OR: two terms appear at either or one record
– NOT: exclude one term from another
– SAME: proximity
Boolean operators:– All in capital letters– Could be used in General Search or Advanced
Search
AA BB
A B
A B
You could also key in the search terms in this box
Navigate Within A Record
Cited References – The author’s sources.
Times Cited – Papers that have cited this paper.
Related Records – Link to papers that reference the same sources as this particular paper. They are related through co-citation.
Navigate Within A Record
Navigate Within A Record
Navigate Within A Record
Original Article
Related Article
Shared references with the related article
2004
Cited References
20001998
2001
1993
2003Times Cited
Related Records
2003
2004
1999
2002
1994
2004
Citing
Original Article
Moving
backward
Moving forw
ard
Results Analysis
Citation Alert
A citation alert notifies you by e-mail whenever an article has been cited by a new article.Registration is required. After the first registration, you must sign-in.
Click the button to create a citation alert of this record
Input your e-mail address and registered password.
View Full Text
Click the button to view the full text of the article
Or click the button to check holdings in CUHK library catalogue
Printing, Saving, Emailing Records
Mark the records you want to output and then click submit
Click to view the marked list
Printing, Saving, Emailing Records
More on Author Search
1. How many papers were authored by Professor Sung Jao Yiu Joseph of the Chinese University of Hong Kong?
2. How many papers were authored by Lam Leung Suei Yee?
Forms of Names
Beware of different forms of names:– Sung JY (Sung Jao Yiu)– Sung JJY (Sung Joseph Jao Yiu)– Sung J (Sung Joesph)– Sung JJ (Sung Joesph Jao)
Married Woman– their husband’s family name + their maiden
name e.g Lam Leung Suei Yee– In US, some use their maiden name +
husband’s family name e.g. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Exercise
How many papers have been published by staff of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1980 onwards as recorded in ISI Web of Science?
Exercise Answer
Change the default setting of timespan to 1980
Use parentheses to override the original the operator precedence: SAME, NOT, AND, OR
To use operator other than “AND” to combine two or more than two searches, it must be done in Advanced Search mode
Other Search Skills
Enter words and phrases without quotation marksWildcards & TruncationsSymbols
Examples
* 0 to many characters e.gChild* will retrieve child, children, childbirth sul*ur will retrieve sulfur, sulphur
? One character onlynurse? will retrieve nurses only
$ one or 0 characterLabo$r will retrieve labor and labour
Cited Reference Search
Enables you to find articles that have cited a previously published workEnables you to discover how a known idea or innovation has been confirmed, applied, improved, extended, or corrected
Cited Reference Search
1. Enter the name of a Cited Author and the abbreviated title of a Cited Work. Then click Search.
2. If you retrieve too many hits, return to the form and add a Cited Year or a limited range of cited years.
3. After you click Search, you will see references from the citation index that contain the cited author/cited work data you entered.
4. Select references from the citation index, and then click Finish Search. You will retrieve records of articles that cite the references you selected from the citation index.
Click this button to start the search
Enter the name of one of the authors of the cited publication
Enter the abbreviated journal title. Look up abbreviations of the cited work in the list of journal abbreviations
Click to start search
These two references refer to the same selected work but are bibliographically incorrect.
Click to retrieve papers that have referenced the work(s) selected.
Tick the box to select the reference(s) to be included in the search
The original article from where the cited reference is found
The 1st related article found in the original article
Total no. of papers that have cited the reference
