Hunt down the right research

Rachel Mangan

Solution Specialist

May 2020

Different databases offer different searching rules

Search using specialist indexing

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Topic searching rules and tips in Web of Science

All Database searching 2 6

Advanced searching Super record 3 7

Search within results More resources 4 8

Agenda

Different databases offer different searching techniques

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Different databases offer different searching techniques

A query on google doesn’t have to make sense, Google search engine can provide suggestions to enhance the

query if search not optimal

Search assistance: Google Scholar offers autosuggest based on the words you are typing

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Different databases offer different searching techniques

Search assistance: Pubmed.gov offers autosuggest based on the words you are typing

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Different databases offer different searching techniques

Search assistance: Specialist databases, for example Medline offer search term indexes and hierarchies. These help you located and search for a standarised term rather

than using free/natural language

Topic searching rules and tips in Web of Science

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Web of Science Core Collection

Web of ScienceCore Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index

Arts & Humanities Citation IndexEmerging Sources Citation Index

Conference Proceedings Citation Index Book Citation Index

Research with confidence using a publisher-neutral citation index

Master Journal List

~22,000 journals indexed cover-to-cover✓ Multidisciplinary✓ International✓ Influential

Powerful bibliographic and cited reference search capabilities, together with cited reference linking and navigation

Unbiased journal selection process

Source data for Journal Impact Factor

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It all starts with the original published article

Original published article in Lancet

Web of Science indexers are highly skilled and trained to capture, standardize and convert bibliographic data into

Web of Science metadata

Standard Topic Searching

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Basic Web of Science Topic search

A basic wide search for documents on the

Coronavirus family might be something like this.

That original 1968 article is the oldest one in the list.

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Basic Web of Science Topic search

Examples of more specific searches for the current virus might be something like one of these. The key to finding the most relevant results is using the correct words and

terms.

• A Topic search works on the following fields within a record: Title, Abstract, Author Keywords, Keywords Plus®

• To search for an exact phrase, use quotation marks.• Use wildcards (* $ ?) to find plural and inflected forms of words.• Use search operators: AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, SAME

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If you are unsure, use the Search Tips assistance

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Correct spelling and logical queries are a must

Unlike other database search engines, words must be spelt correctly and queries must make sense. Web of Science Core Collection indexes published titles, abstracts and keywords. This is natural language.

There is no index, controlled vocabulary or thesaurus.

Think of all possible terms in your topic and combine with OR

If you can not think of alternative terms, don’t worry, run a search and use related records, look at the results and you may find alternative terms. You can always edit a search and run again.

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Advanced Search in Web of Science

‘Advanced Search’ gives access to some fields that are not in the ‘Basic Search’.

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Advanced Search in Web of Science: Combine and edit

Searches can be combined in

‘Advanced Search’, to get

net results.

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Edit an existing query

For complex searches, used the Advanced Search interface

How do you search the Web of Science Content?

All CORONAVIRUSES related research

COVID-19 related research

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Search within results

Search with in results in a TOPIC search only.

It can be useful to limit or focus a general search, if too many results are obtained

Using Specialist databases

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Specialist databases support indexes and hierarchies

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Specialist databases support indexes and hierarchies

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Specialist databases support indexes and hierarchies

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Searching in controlled fields in specialist database

The search is performed in the controlled indexing fields.

This is not the same as a topic search.

The controlled terms may be present in the title, abstract and key words, or not.

The expert indexses apply the controlled terms to capture the major themes of the FULL ARTICLE using standarised terms from the database vocabulary

Searching in All Databases

Multidisciplinary research experience and content types all linked together - across the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities

Web of Science Platform

12.6 MillionRecords with funding data

111,000+Books

8.9 Million+Data Sets and Data Studies

22,000+Total journals in theCore Collection

34,000+Journals across the platform

87 MillionPatents for over 43 million inventions

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218,000+Conference proceedings

166 Million+Records

Backfiles to 1900With cover-to-cover indexing

254Subject categories

What is searched in a Topic Search on the Web of Science?

Web of Science Core Collection

BIOSIS Citation IndexRegional Citation

Indexes

Data Citation IndexFood Science &

Technology abstractsINSPEC

Zoological Records

Medline

CABI

Derwent Innovation Index

Medline

All databases records are searched on Titles/Abstracts/Author Keywords of publications, patents and research data

BIOSIS

Zoological Record

CABI

Also searched: All thesauri and controlled vocabularies of these specialized contents

Leads to more results

E.g., Topic=Coronaviridae

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Topic searching rules still apply!

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Searching in All Databases

Topic searching rules still apply!

Refine by Database to see the coverage of content by datasbase

Topic searching rules still apply!

Use refine by document type to view the array of literature publishing your topic

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Different databases index the same article with different flavours

Web of Science Core Collection version 100% bibliographic data 100% cited references

Medline version-MeSH Terms

Sometimes an abstract is available

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CABI version-Abstract (written by CABI expert) -Descriptors-CABI codes

CABI version-Abstract (written by BIOSOS expert) -Major concepts -Concept codes -Taxonomic data -Disease data-Chemical data

Key takeaways

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Get the insights you need on COVID-1: https://clarivate.com/coronavirus-resources/

• COVID-19 Related Research:

https://publons.com/publon/covid-19/?sort_by=date

• Use as any many associated/relevant terms as you can

• Use correct spelling and queries that are logical/make sense

• Use Boolean Operators, wildcards and quotation “”• Use Advanced Search for complex queries • Use combine searches• Use edit results/ search within results• Use specialist databases indexes and hierarchies to

search for controlled terms • Use All Databases for power searching and super

record

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