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| Web of Science | |
| Who: | Thomson Pharma |
| What: | short description |
| Where: | Web of Science |
| Updates | Last updated April 2006 |
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About Web of Science
The Web of Science has three databases, Science Citation Index Expanded, social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, that allow for literature searches from approximately 8,700 journals across all areas of reesearch. Additionally, there are two chemical databases, Index Chemicus and Current Chemical Reactions, allowing for searches by chemical compounds and reactions.
Content
Using Web of Science
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Browsing
Searching
There are several types of searchese available on Web of Science.
General Search is used to search for records by topic terms, author names, source title, publication year or address. In the search fields, phrases or words can be connected utilizing Boolean operators. For example, to search by both E.coli and oxyR in the topic box, type E.coli AND oxyR.
Searching by Author is by last name first initial. For example, to look for the author Joe Smith, typer Smith J.
Utilizing the source title search, you can search by full journal title or by keyword. To search for the Journal of Bacteriology, type Journal of Bateriology. Or, you could type bacteriology* and get journals with bacterilogy in their title.
Cited Reference Search allows you to search for articles that cite a particular article.
Usage examples
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Technology
Web Services/API
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