Friday, April 03, 2009

Value added Web of Knowledge

Web of Knowledge:

Just a reminder that if you use Web of Knowledge, you may benefit from the following features. When you enter the full catalogue record of one of your results, please note these features:

  • Cited by: if you click on the number next to Cited by, you are taken to the records of other articles that have discussed the same article you're investigating. This could prove a useful means of challenging, confirming, or expanding your understanding of a topic. For similar reasons, you might like to note:
  • Related records: these link to records that contain shared references.
  • References: access the records relating to the referenced articles within your selected document i.e. investigate the sources for yourself.
  • Author Keywords and KeyWords Plus: these may give you added inspiration for your searches.
  • Add to Marked List: then open your marked list aliong the top menu. From here, email and save your results (it's advisable to select the HTML format option).

Scientific WebPlus:

After you perform a search in web of Knowledge, you will see a Scientific WebPlus image that appears above your sets of results on the right hand side of the screen. If you click on either this or view web results, you may find useful additional material beyond journal literature e.g. organisational guidelines, summaries of conditions, academic webpages etc.

Although this content is openly accessible on the Web, the websites are selected by the same editors who select the journals that are indexed by Web of Knowledge. Therefore, you can retrieve a more targeted selection of results than those you'd locate via Google. You can access other evaluated websites via the Library's 'other website' links for health & medicine or sport & exercise.

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