Hello!
Welcome to this Getting Started tutorial.
Today we're getting started
with Web of Science.
In this short video,
we'll go over how to access Web of Science,
what kind of information is available,
and how to complete a basic search.
Let's get started.
Visit the Libraries' website at
lib.purdue.edu
to access the Libraries' A-Z List of Databases.
You'll find Web of Science on this list.
In this tutorial, we'll be talking
about all of the Web of Science databases,
which includes
Web of Science Core Collection.
Web of Science allows
easy searching across all of
the Libraries' subscribed
products and access to
the world's largest leading scholarly
literature in the sciences,
social sciences, arts, and humanities,
as well as access to
proceedings of international conferences,
symposia, colloquia,
workshops, and conventions.
This is the interface for Web of Science.
Near the top of the page you'll
find the navigation menu
that you can use to toggle
between the search page,
Marked List, search history, and alerts.
Please note that in order to use
some of the features in Web of
Science such as the alerts,
you may need to register for an account.
In the middle of the search page,
you'll find the search window
where you can set
your search parameters to search for
documents, citations, or researchers.
This window defaults to
searching all databases.
However, if you want to narrow your search,
you can select a specific database,
collection or collections
using the drop-down menus.
You can also search specific fields
add rows and specify a date range.
You'd like to be more specific
with your search parameters,
click on the Advanced Search link.
The advanced search page allows you to search
specific fields and specify a date range,
but it also provides search help,
Boolean search terms and
tags that may be helpful
when setting up your search.
Let's return to the basic
search page and set up
an example search.
We'll limit our search
to the Web of Science Core Collection and
again to only the Social
Sciences Citation Index.
Next we'll select the topic field from
the drop-down and search economics.
We'll add another row so that we can also
search for the topic crop production.
Let's also limit the publication date to
the last five years.
And then click the Search button to run
our search.
The results page will
look something like this with the number of
returned results in the upper left corner,
followed by our search parameters
and the list of results.
To the left of the results list,
we can select a variety of filters
to further refine our results if needed.
Let's limit our search further by
selecting articles under document types.
Once you've made a selection,
you can choose to either exclude
your selection or limit
the results to include only the selected.
For our example, we'll choose
Refine to limit our search to only articles.
Each result will list the title, author, date,
and abstract, along with
a number of citations and
references which you can review more
closely by clicking on
their respective links.
When you click on the article title,
you'll find additional information
such as the DOI
and the journal impact factor
located at the bottom of the page.
Near the top of the page,
you'll find different options
for accessing the full text.
For this example, we can access
the full text from the publisher or use
the Find it at
Purdue Libraries button to see if it's
available in another
Purdue Libraries subscription.
We can also look up the full text
using Google Scholar,
export this result to
a variety of programs such as EndNote,
RefWorks, or send it via email,
and add this result to a list that
will make it easier to find later.
Web of Science also includes
access to other useful tools,
such as Journal Citation Reports,
which you can access under
the products menu in the upper right corner.
From here, you can search or browse
journal titles or categories.
You can also access
EndNote, the citation manager, under
the products menu as well.
If you need more help using Web of Science,
look for the question mark button
in the bottom right corner.
From here you can access guided tours of
specific features and a help
guide for more detailed information.
Now you know how to access Web of Science,
what kind of information is available,
and how to complete a basic search.
For more information and
other business related resources,
visit the Parrish Library homepage at
lib.purdue.edu/libraries/mgmt
for management.
If you have any questions,
please contact the Parrish Library
at parrlib@purdue.edu.
Thanks for watching!