Databases available to ISU researchers:

Databases available to ISU researchers:

Table of Contents Web of Knowledge Overview 3 Web of Science 4 Cited Reference Searching 5 Secondary Cited Author Searching 8 Eliminating Self-Citations 9 Saving Histories & Creating Alerts 10 Running Saved Histories 12 Receiving Alerts 14 Journal Citation Reports 15 Journal Name Search 16 View Journals by Subject Category 19 Essential Science Indicators 21 Introduction 22 Citation Rankings by Field 23 Current Contents Connect 24 Content and Scope 25 Document Types 26 My Journal List & Table of Contents Alerting 28 Page 2

ISI Web of Knowledge Home Page Use the Log out button to clear your session seat for another researcher at our institution. To access Web of Science, either: Click the Web of Science link or Select Web of Science from the drop-down menu Page 3

Database Selection and File Depth Select search types here. You may perform a topic search from the Quick Search field. All available citation databases are selected as the default. There are three options for selecting a file depth: Click the radio button and select the latest 1, 2, or 4 weeks of data. Search one year of data by clicking the radio button and selecting the year from the pulldown menu. Select a range of years by selecting the beginning and ending years from the pulldown menus. The default is all years of available data. Page 4

Cited Reference Searching If you want to find out what articles have cited a particular work, choose Cited Reference Search from the Full Search page or click the Cited Reference Search button in the product navigation area. An example of a cited reference search for this article follows: K. Anand, J. Ziebuhr, P. Wadhwani, J.R. Mesters, R. Hilgenfeld. Coronavirus main proteinase (3CL(pro)) structure: Basis for design of anti-sars drugs. SCIENCE, 300 (5626): 1763-1767, Jun. 13, 2003. Click the SEARCH button to get a list of the cited papers from the index that match the criteria you specified. Use variations or truncate the name of the cited author after the first initial. You may also look up author names using the cited author index. Truncate the terms in the cited work field in order to match different forms of an abbreviated journal name or book title. Page 5

Cited Reference Search Lookup Page The table below shows all of the citations to K. Anand s papers published in the journal Science. If searching for a specific cited reference, locate it by matching its Volume, Page and Year with the original article s bibliographic information. Select the appropriate cited reference listing, as well as variants (if present), by clicking in the checkbox to the left of the reference, then click Finish Click here to view the source record for this article. You may limit your cited reference search to one or more languages and/or article types. Notice that this paper has been cited several different ways. Citation variants are often due to a paper s volume, page, and year being cited incorrectly by an author. Page 6

Cited Reference Search Results Summary As these papers cite Anand's paper, they are subject-related even though they may not use the same terminology. It is possible that you would have missed these papers in a traditional subject search due to inconsistent terminology. Click on the title to move to the full record. Page 7

Secondary Cited Author Searching Secondary cited authors are searchable when a cited article also exists as a source record in the database(s) in your subscription. For example, you can look up the references to the article by K. Anand, J. Ziebuhr, P. Wadhwani, J.R. Mesters, & R. Hilgenfeld by entering ziebuhr j* or wadwhani p* or mesters j* or hilgenfeld r* as the cited author. However, in order to retrieve all variations, you must perform a cited reference search on the first listed author. Remember, cited reference variants are only found with the first listed author. You may wish to search under the first author to look for possible incorrect citations. The ellipses (...) signify that the cited author is not the first author of the cited article. Page 8

Eliminating Self-Citations To eliminate an author s self-citations from your results, first go to Cited Reference Search to run a cited author search. Select all references that pertain to your specific author and click Finish Search to create a set. Next, go to General Search to perform an author search. Finally, go to Advanced Search and combine the two search sets with the NOT Boolean operator. (results of the cited reference search) NOT (results of the author search) After running the Cited Reference search, select all cited references for your author, then click Finish Search to create Set #1. Run a General Search on the same author to create Set #2. Set #3 contains no articles in which V.C. Baligar cited himself. Page 9

Saving Histories and Alerts You can save a search history locally to your own computer or network or to the ISI Web of Knowledge server. A locally saved history can be opened and run against updates to the data. Server Save allows you to set alerts and easily open and manage your search histories. This process can be used for both General and Cited Reference searches. Server Save To save a search to the ISI Web of Knowledge server, follow these steps: 1. Sign in to the ISI Web of Knowledge via the link on the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage. Note: If you have not signed in you will be prompted to do so when you attempt to save your search history. 2. Enter and execute the search query or queries you would like to save. 3. Go to the Advanced Search page. 4. Click the Save History button. Your alert will be based on the last search statement you enter. If you want your alert to include records from previously-entered sets, create a final set on the Search History or Advanced Search page. Click Save History to save a search history or to create an alert. Page 10

5. Enter a History Name, Description, then click Save. You can also set an alert and modify the alert settings from this page if alerting is enabled at your institution. Enter a History Name. Click Save to save your history to the server. To receive an alert based on the last set in your search history, click the Send Me E- mail Alerts check box and enter an e-mail address. Alert types include Notify Only, Biblio (title, source, author), Biblio + Abstract, and Full Record. E-mail formats include Plain Text, HTML (with links to full record), ISI Research Soft (for import into EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite), and Field Tagged. E-mail Frequency may be weekly or monthly. 6. After reviewing the Server Save Confirmation, click Done. If you chose to receive an Alert, a confirmation will also be sent to the specified e-mail address. Click Done to return to your search session. Page 11

Running Saved Histories You can open and run a Saved History from four places: Welcome page Open Saved History button on the Search History page Open Saved History button on the Advanced Search page ISI Web of Knowledge Homepage (You will need to sign in to the ISI Web of Knowledge to open histories saved to the ISI Web of Knowledge server.) Note: When you open and run a saved history, any search sets in your current session will be replaced. To open queries from the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage: 1. Sign in to ISI Web of Knowledge using your e-mail address and password. 2. From My Saved Searches click on the name of the search that you wish to run. Click the name of the search you wish to run. Page 12

3. The selected history will load in your browser. Click Run to run your history. 4. The Select Database(s) and Timespan page will appear in your browser. Make changes to the depth and extent of your data file then click Continue. Click Continue to run your search history. Page 13

Receiving Alerts Each week you will receive an email containing the results which match your search criteria. Below is a sample portion of an alert email and an expiration notice. Click this link to go to the full record in Web of Science. (NOTE - this link will not work from off-campus.) This alert was set to return Bibliographic information. Other options are: Bibliographic + Abstract, Full Record, and Notify Only. The final option simply alerts you that there are new records in the database that match your search history. Your alert will be active for 26 weeks. Near the end of this time period, you will receive an expiration notice. To extend the alert, access Open/Manage Saved Searches from the ISI Web of Knowledge home page. Page 14

JCR Home Page Click the Information for New Users link to learn more about using JCR data appropriately. Select the desired JCR edition and year, the desired search or browse option, and click the SUBMIT button. Page 15

Journal Search Screen Journal Search Options Full Journal Title Copy and paste the full journal title from the view list of full journal titles link or enter it exactly as it appears in the database. Right-end truncation is supported. Enter modern physics lett* to retrieve Modern Physics Letters A and Modern Physics Letters B. Journal Abbreviation Enter the exact Thomson ISI journal abbreviation, which may differ from the ISO journal abbreviation. Right-end truncation is supported. Enter j crim just to retrieve Journal of Criminal Justice. Title Word Enter either a single word or a partial word truncated with an asterisk. Boolean logic to combine multiple title words is NOT supported. Enter cell to retrieve the journals Cell, Journal of Cell Biology, Plant Cell, etc. Enter cell* to retrieve Cell, Journal of Cell Biology, Stem Cells, Journal of Cellular Plastics, etc. ISSN Enter the first four digits of a journal s ISSN, a hyphen and the last four digits or enter all eight digits without punctuation or spaces. Enter 0021-8782 or 00218782 to retrieve Journal of Anatomy. Page 16

Journal Summary List Click on the journal title link to display the journal s full record. Full Record Page The top frame provides summary data for the selected journal. It contains links to corresponding details displayed in the bottom frame. The full bottom frame is displayed on the next page, followed by detailed information about each section of the frame. Page 17

The summary data is repeated in the bottom frame. Note that the Trends Graph is only available in the summary data in the top frame. The Publication Information includes ISI assigned subject categories. Page 18

View Journals by Subject Category You may wish to compare information such as Impact Factor and Immediacy Index for journals within a certain subject category. Multiple categories may be selected by holding down the Control key when clicking each category. Sort journals by: Journal Title Total Cites Impact Factor Immediacy Index Current Articles Cited Half-Life Page 19

Sort Again Sort the journal list again by choosing a sort option from the pulldown menu and clicking Sort Again. The journals are now resorted by Impact Factor. Page 20

ISI Essential Science Indicators Homepage Select from the list provided to view citation rankings by scientist, institution, country or journal. Click the Information for New Users link to learn more about using ISI Essential Science Indicators. Page 21

Introduction ISI Essential Science Indicators is a unique and comprehensive compilation of science performance statistics and science trends data derived from ISI databases. ISI Essential Science Indicators uses citation data compiled from ISI-indexed journals to rank authors, institutions, countries and journals. ISI Essential Science Indicators is a 10-year rolling file Updated every 2 months Articles, reviews, proceedings papers and research notes (9.5 million items) from over 8,500 ISI indexed journals are included in the data analysis Uses of ISI Essential Science Indicators ISI Essential Science Indicators allows you to conduct complex analyses of scientific literature to assist you in: Analyzing research performance of individuals, institutions, countries, and journals. Types of analysis include: - Identifying the top researchers or institutions in a specific field or discipline - Determining strong areas of research being produced at specific universities or institutions Identifying significant trends and emerging areas of research Ranking top countries, journals, scientists, papers and institutions by field of research Identifying baseline citation rates, and Evaluating potential employees, collaborators, reviewers and peers Determining who is publishing the hottest papers in a field Fields of Research ISI Essential Science Indicators is a multidisciplinary tool, covering 22 fields of research. Agricultural Science Biology & Biochemistry Chemistry Clinical Medicine Computer Science Economics & Business Engineering Environment/Ecology Geosciences Immunology Materials Science Mathematics Microbiology Molecular Biology & Genetics Multidisciplinary Neuroscience & Behavior Pharmacology Physics Plant & Animal Science Psychiatry/Psychology Social Sciences general Space Science Page 22

Citation Rankings by Field To see a list of the most cited institutions in a particular field of study, select from the pull down menu and click GO. Follow the same process for finding highly cited scientists, countries and journals. Access those areas from the ISI Essential Science Indicators home page. The default ranking is total number of citations. Use the pull down menu to resort by total papers, citations per paper, or alphabetically by institution. To view a list of the institution s papers that rank in the top 1% in Economics and Business, click on the icon in the view column. The number of papers in the top 1% is different than the number listed in the PAPERS column The Papers column reflects the total number of published papers for each institution in this field, including those Highly Cited papers, meeting the 1% threshold. Page 23

CCC Homepage To begin searching or browsing, click the Start button. Page 24

Content and Scope CC Connect provides access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. In addition, CC Connect contains a collection of over 4,400 evaluated scholarly Web sites. CC Connect is available in nine discipline-specific editions and collections. Journals, books and websites may be classified in more than one edition. Current Contents Editions/Collections Journals Books Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Science 1,074 1,304 Clinical Medicine 1,153 1,582 Engineering, Computing & Technology 1,133 1,089 Life Sciences 1,364 831 Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences 1,090 1,298 Social & Behavioral Sciences 1,643 1,296 Arts & Humanities 1,102 190 Business Collection 234 N/A Electronics & Telecommunications Collection 206 N/A Page 25

Document Types ISI indexes every significant item from the journals selected for coverage. All Files Article Bibliography Biographical Item Book Review Correction Database Review Editorial Material Hardware Review Letter Meeting Abstract News Item Reprint Review Software Review Arts & Humanities Only Art Exhibit Review Dance Performance Review Excerpt Fiction Creative Prose Film Review Music Performance Review Music Score Music Score Review Poetry Record Review Script Theater Review TV Review Radio Review Book Reviews are fully covered in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Arts and Humanities editions. For all other editions, only those book reviews that appear in Science, Nature, and The Scientist are covered. Meeting Abstracts are not currently indexed in Current Contents Connect. However, meeting headings are covered under the Article document type. Articles are coded as reviews if they are either published in a review journal or include 100 or more cited references, along with some indicator that the article is a review, such as the word Review or Overview in the table of contents or in the article itself. Page 26

Table of Contents Record in CC Connect Organization of the journal s table of contents is reproduced, including headers and special sections. ISI s table of contents may be more complete than the source journal s because ISI creates the table of contents from the actual contents of the journal rather than simply reproducing the journal s table of contents. Click on the title to view the full record.

My Journal List & Table of Contents Alerting Two new features available for Current Contents Connect subscribers are My Journal List and Table of Contents alerting. My Journal List allows you to display journals of interest to you on the ISI Web of Knowledge portal page, from which you may access the most recent issue within CCC. Click the link below My Journal List to set up journal lists and Table of Contents alerts. There are three ways to add journals to My Journal List: Search for titles by keyword Browse by first letter of journal name Browse by subject Click Add More Journals to access the journal menu. Page 28

You may choose to display journals on the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage when you log in, and/or have Tables of Contents sent to you via email when a new journal issue is available. Once you have submitted your selections, the journals will display, along with alerting information. Click Done to return to the Web of Knowledge homepage. Click Modify Settings to make changes to journal display, to turn alerting on or off, or to change alerting options. Click the hyperlinked journal title to go to the Table of Contents for the latest issue of that journal in CCC. A Table of Contents alert may be renewed by clicking on the Renew button. Page 29

My Journal List Display Those journals that you have chosen to display on the ISI Web of Knowledge home page will display under My Journal List when you log in. You may click on the hyperlinked journal name to go to the most recent issue s Table of Contents in Current Contents Connect. Copyright 2003 Institute for Scientific Information, Inc (ISI ). Thomson Scientific customers are hereby granted permission to make copies of this training guide for their own use within their organization. All reproduced copies must contain Thomson Scientific s copyright notice (including partial copies). Other reproduction shall require the express consent of Thomson Scientific. Page 30