Web of Science: An NCAR Library Tutorial

Click on Web of Science

Click the GO box by Web of Science
Made up of citations from a collection of refereed journals across the physical sciences.

Click on General Search
Incidentally you can find a list of all current journals indexed in Web of Science by clicking on “full source title list” by the Source Title field.

To rapidly retrieve an unedited list of your author’s works:
Type in the author name last name first, space, initial.  If 2 initials are used type them together with no spacing between the letters.  Example: 
Jones A
Jones AB
The asterisk is useful for including a variety of other ways an author may have followed up his first initial in publishing an article, for example:  Jones A*.

Click Search

When you want the entire edited output of an author, you will need to create a marked list.  Take advantage of the box on right that gives you choices on how to mark the records. 
1. If you mark a portion of the references choose Selected Records, click Add to Marked List.
2. If all references on one page belong to your author you can select Mark all Records on Page.  Click Add to Marked List.  The list you just marked will reappear showing all boxes on that page checked.  Go to next page and repeat the process.
3. If all references on every page belong to author click on Records and insert the beginning and ending record numbers.  Click Add to Marked List.

After the marked list is created, click on the Marked List button at the top right of screen.

In the Output Options box you will have several choices for managing the marked list: print, email or save to file.

The list of citations that you marked will appear below the Output Options box.

Click on Web of Science

Click the GO box by Web of Science

Select General Search

In the box for a topic search enter keywords as explained below.
            ▪Two or more words next to each other will only give results where those words were found side by side
            ▪Inserting and between the words will give results where both words appear anywhere in the title, abstract, or keywords.
            ▪Inserting or between the words will give results where one or both words will appear anywhere in the record.
▪When searching for a variety of endings on a word use an asterisk at the end, for example:  atmos* picks up atmosphere, atmospheric, atmospheres.
Click on More Examples by the Topic search box for further explanations on search techniques.

Click Search

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Select Cited Reference Search
Type in the author name last name first, space, initial.  If 2 initials are used type them together with no spacing between the letters.  Example: 
Jones A
Jones AB
The asterisk is useful for including a variety of other ways an author may have followed up his first initial in publishing an article, for example:  Jones A*.

Click Search
The list returned to you can be used as it is, because it tells you citation numbers for the author’s publications on the left side of screen.  Keep in mind it may include papers of other authors who have the same name.  On the right side click on View Record, then Times Cited to see list of citing papers for that article.

To refine the list above mark the author’s records and click Finish Search to see a list of articles that cited all the papers you marked (only marked papers published since 1972).

To create a marked list that tells you times cited for each paper and total cites for author:
Mark the author’s records and click on Finish Search
Click on the Search History button. 
Find the set you just created.  The number stated under Results is the total number of times cited for that author.
Click on View Reference Selections to see the marked list

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From this ISI Web of Knowledge web page, click on register in box on right. 

Enter your email address and create a password.  Make your choice for automatic sign in. 

Click on Submit Registration. 

Click on Web of Science

Sign in with your email address and password on the ISI Web of Knowledge page

Click the GO box by Web of Science

Click on General Search

Author search:
Type in the author name last name first, space, initial.  If 2 initials are used type them together with no spacing between the letters.  Example: 
Jones A
Jones AB
The asterisk is useful for including a variety of other ways an author may have followed up his first initial in publishing an article, for example:  Jones A*.

Topic search
In the box for a topic search enter keywords as explained below.
            ▪Two or more words next to each other will give results where those words appear side by side in the order of search string
            ▪Inserting and between the words will give results where both words appear anywhere in the title, abstract, or keywords. They do not need to be side by side.
            ▪Inserting or between the words will give results where one or both words will appear anywhere in the record.
▪Searching for a variety of endings on a word use an asterisk at the end, for example:  atmos* picks up atmosphere, atmospheric, atmospheres.

Click Search

Click on Search History

Mark the set number and click on Save History

Name the search in the History Name field
Mark the box next to “Send Me E-Mail Alerts”
Select weekly or monthly for e-mail frequency
Click on Save to save your history to the server
Click Done

Your alert will be active for 26 weeks.  Near the end of this time period, you will receive an expiration notice via email.  To extend the alert, access Open/Manage Saved Searches page from the ISI Web of Knowledge home page.  Then click the Renew button next to the alert you wish to extend.

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Sign in with your email address and password on the ISI Web of Knowledge page

Click the GO box by Web of Science

Click on General Search

Follow the directions for searching by author or topic listed on the other side of this page

When you find the article you want, click on the title to go to the full record

In the box on the right click on Create Citation Alert

Click Done

You will now receive e-mail alerts on future citations to this record

These instructions were created by the NCAR Library which subscribes to Web of Science for the use of UCAR staff.  For more information contact us at ncarref@ucar.edu or (303) 497-8505.