Using Web of Science as a Research Using Web of Science as a Research Tool : Experience at HKUST LibraryTool : Experience at HKUST Library

Steve YipSteve Yip

Electronic Information LibrarianElectronic Information Librarian

ContentsContents

Subscription History

Promotion and User Education

Usage Statistics

Tool for Both Locating Research Articles and Evaluating Academic Performance

Requests for Enhancements

SCI & SSCISCI & SSCISubscription started from

Format Coverage Concurrent users

1992 CD-Net 1980- 5

Jan 2000 WOS 1991- 3

Jan 2003 WOS 1991- 5

Oct 2003 WOS 1991- 6

May 2004 WOS 1991- 11 (together with JCR)

Promotion and User EducationPromotion and User Education

Notes From the Library e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/info/notes/notes36.html#web>

E-Mail Announcements e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/mail-dir/msg00372.html>

Search Guide <http://library.ust.hk/info/db/wos.html>

Promotion and User EducationPromotion and User Education

Workshops on WOS 2 to 3 Sessions Every SemesterAnnouncements

e.g., <http://library.ust.hk/mail-dir/msg00436.html>

Library Workshops on Specific Topics or for Specific CoursesGuides <http://library.ust.hk/res/subj-guides.html>

WOS Usage Statistics WOS Usage Statistics (from (from http://reports.isiknowledge.com)http://reports.isiknowledge.com)

Month

Sub-

Queries

Citation Total Items

sessions Events Requested

Aug 2005 3,659 12,776 3,203 18,421

July 2005 3,349 12,597 3,126 21,524

Jun 2005 3,475 12,198 3,259 66,981

May 2005 3,395 13,498 3,365 14,360

Apr 2005 3,576 14,492 3,771 23,395

Mar 2005 3,171 13,578 4,383 44,870

Feb 2005 2,592 10,613 3,173 19,900

Jan 2005 3,643 14,135 3,553 25,197

Dec 2004 3,050 10,796 2,404 18,046

Nov 2004 5,054 14,216 2,559 21,279

Oct 2004 4,454 13,937 3,090 25,924

Sep 2004 3,560 14,799 3,915 30,463

Total 42,978 157,635 39,801 330,360

Average/day 118 431 109 905

Locating Research Literature - ILocating Research Literature - I

Search the abstracts of articles in 6,357 international journals in science and engineering, as well as 1,807 social sciences and business journals.

Link from search results to the full-text of the articles on the publishers’ web sites as well as the Library’s Catalog and Interlibrary Loan System.

Find the references cited in a particular article.

Find the journal articles that have cited a particular author or work (articles, conference papers, book chapters, patents, etc. )

Locating Research Literature - IILocating Research Literature - II

Locate related articles that share one or more cited references.

Discover key papers through sorting search results by "times cited".

Create Citation Alerts to receive emails on new articles which cite your chosen articles as references.

Evaluating Scholarly Performance - IEvaluating Scholarly Performance - I

University LevelSearch for the no. of articles published by

universities in HK, and selected universities in China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia.

Conducted by the Vice-President for Research and Development Office annually to compare the scholarly outputs of the universities.

Evaluating Scholarly Performance - IIEvaluating Scholarly Performance - II

Individual LevelProfessors search (usually done by their RA) for the n

o. of times that each of their works (articles, conference papers, book chapters, patents, etc.) have been cited.

For applying the fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences or other prestigious organizations worldwide.

Search Results verified and certified by the Library.

Requests for Enhancements - IRequests for Enhancements - I

Offer a platform (e.g., Link@Ovid, CSA IILUMIMA) for Library staff themselves to create links to e-journals.

Standardize as much as possible the abbreviated names of institutions

Number the authors and the corresponding addresses

Requests for Enhancements – II Requests for Enhancements – II

Increase the number of records that can be analysed from 2,000 to 100,000 or more.

Include the titles of cited works (articles, patents, conference papers, book chapters) and make them keyword searchable.

Allow limiting searches by broad subject categories

Offer an easy way to eliminate self-citation.

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