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Description

The Web of Knowledge search system allows single-pass (simultaneous) searching of five major databases:

Using the Web of Knowledge for keyword, title, and author searching will assure a more comprehensive search than searching Web of Science alone. Web of Knowledge covers additional materials like conference papers and a greater time span. At any time, one can move between a multi-database search and a single database search by clicking the 'All Databases' or the 'Select a Database' tab on the search query screen, as needed. Note that with Web of Knowledge one can still link to both cited references (the bibliography of a paper) and more recent references that cite the particular item.

We recommend using Web of Science only when features specific to the three citation databases are required.

  • Cited Reference Searching (starting with a key reference and searching for papers forward in time that cite that key reference)
  • Author Finder (special guided search to focus search on a specific author)
  • Address Searching (institutional affiliation of authors)
  • Sorting results by Times Cited
  • Citation Reports (h-index, etc.)

Search results are automatically de duped so a given article is listed only once. In the full record display, the Web of Science record is presented by default with links to the same item in other databases listed in the right-hand, blue-shaded column. This same column has links to the references cited by the paper as well as links to other papers that cite the currently viewed article.

Leads to citations and abstracts to journal articles, conference papers, books, U.S. Patents, and technical reports from thousands of published sources. Note that MEDLINE and Web of Science almost exclusively cover journal articles.

Dates Covered

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
1975 to the present; Updated weekly.

Science Citation Index
1965 to the present; Updated weekly.

Social Sciences Citation Index
1965 to the present; Updated weekly.

BIOSIS Previews
1990 to the present

MEDLINE
1950 to the present, updated weekly

Print Counterpart

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Access Notes

Off-Campus Access to Libraries resources requires a UBITName and password.

Contact

A. Ben Wagner