Use the Search page to find records using topic terms, author names, publication names, author addresses, and more.

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1 WEB OF KNOWLEDGE OVERVIEW Web of Knowledge SM is a research platform for information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It contains a number of databases, some access to full-text articles and tools such as EndNote Web, Journal Citation Reports, and My ResearcherID DATABASES IN WEB OF KNOWLEDGE: Web of Science (1956-present) Biological Abstracts (1969-present) An expansive index to the world s life sciences journal literature, with topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Inspec (1969-present) A comprehensive index to the global journal and proceedings literature in engineering, physics, computing and information technology MEDLINE (1950-present) The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM ) premier life sciences database. Zoological Record (1978-present) The world s leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology. Journal Citation Reports Provides a variety of impact and influence metrics, including the Journal Impact Factor and Eigenfactor TM WEB OF SCIENCE Web of Science contains Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index SEARCH Use the Search page to find records using topic terms, author names, publication names, author addresses, and more. In one or more search fields, enter words or phrases connected by Boolean search operators (AND, OR, NOT, SAME). Use wildcard operators ( * $? ) to search for plurals and variant spellings. Use quotation marks to find records containing exact phrases, such as "water pollution" or "global warming". This applies only to Topic and Title searches.

2 Results The results page shows the records retrieved by your search. It provides many features to aid your research, including: Search within Results Refine Results Sort by Output Records Analyze Results Create Citation Report CITED REFERENCE SEARCH To find references that have cited a particular article, choose Cited Reference Search. Step 1: Enter information about the cited work and choose any time span and database limits below.. Click Search to display a list of articles matching the info you entered. If you retrieve too many hits, return to the form and add the abbreviated title of a Cited Work

3 Step 2: Select cited references and click "Finish Search." Step 3: Review your results. The search strategy, timespan, and databases search are listed at the top of the page along with the number of results. JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS (JCR) Journal Citation Reports can be found under both the Databases tab and the Additional Resources tab near the top of the page. Journal Citation Reports is a database of journal performance metrics created and produced by Thomson ISI. It provides the impact factor, immediacy index, and cited half-life for specific journals. It includes lists of journals arranged by subject with the ability to sort by impact factor within the field.

4 Eigenfactor Eigenfactor ranks and maps scientific knowledge: Ranks journals similar to Google ranking of websites. It uses the structure of the entire network (instead of purely local information) to evaluate the importance of each journal. Measures journal price as well as citation influence. The Cost-Effectiveness Search orders journals by a measure of the value of the dollar they provide. Ranks scholarly journals as well as newspapers, theses, popular magazines, etc. Adjusts for citation differences across disciplines, allowing for better comparison across research areas. Calculations are based on the citations received over a 5-year period vs. 2 years in JCR. Available free of charge on the web, and also in JCR beginning with the 2007 edition. Author Impact Factor The author impact factor calculates the scientific value of a given researcher or author. You can try the h-index or compile cited references using Web of Science. h-index The h-index quantifies the actual scientific productivity and the apparent impact of the scientist. The h-index is based on the author s most cited papers and the number of citations they have received from other articles. A scientist has index h if h of his/her Np papers have at least h citations each, and the other (Np h) papers have no more than h citations each. An h-index of 16 means, for example, that a researcher has published 16 papers that each has been cited at least 16 times. Therefore, the h-index reflects both the number of articles as well as the number of citations per article. How to find the h-index of an individual author in Web of Science: 1. Go to Web of Science. 2. Enter author s name and be sure the pull-down box indicates Author. 3. Click Search. 4. Refine Results by subject areas or other criteria if desired. 5. Click Create Citation Report link (right side of window, just above results list). 6. The Citation Report lists the h-index to the right of the graphs CUSTOMIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE To access the following features of Web of Knowledge, register for a user name (your siumed.edu address) and password.

5 MY RESEARCHER ID Reseacher ID is for managing and sharing your professional information: Create a custom profile, choosing what information is public or private Build an online publication list using Web of Science search services, the EndNote Web online search, or by uploading RIS files Manage your ResearcherID publication list with EndNote Web MY ENDNOTE WEB A web version of EndNote citation management software that you can access from any computer. When searching Web of Knowledge databases you can save citations into your EndNote library. Citations can be exported to desktop EndNote software or imported from a desktop file into EndNote Web. Download a Word plug-in to cite while you write and generate a bibliography at the end of the pager. MY CITATION ALERTS This feature allows you to receive an alert when articles you select are cited. Alternately, you can use this feature to keep a list of your favorite articles. MY SAVED SEARCHES Save search strategies and schedule the search to be run weekly or monthly with results ed to you. CPG 9/15/2011