ISI Web of Science Web of Science Proceedings Questions & Workbook

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1 ISI Web of Science Web of Science Proceedings Questions & Workbook ISI Proceedings is part of the Web of Science Service for UK Education provided by MIMAS at the University of Manchester at

2 ISI Proceedings Workbook The workbook is in three parts, and the tasks follow the order of the ISI Web of Science Proceedings user guide: 1. Easy Search - Provides exercises following Topic (subject), Person (author, editor or person as subject) and Place (address) searching, including displaying records, combining terms, wildcards and truncation, and marking and extracting records. These can also be performed in the Full Search. 2. Full Search - Provides exercises following the General Search and re-running a Saved Search Query. 3. Questions - Provides a separate list of the questions presented throughout the workbook to work through. This workbook contains a series of tasks. When you have completed them you will be able to carry out the following on the WoSP database: find references to conference papers, articles and proceedings on a particular topic display records combine terms use wildcards and truncation find references by or about named people find references based on a person s address limit and sort searches copy and paste text mark and extract records for printing, downloading and exporting save search strategies for later use use the help feature Notice This workbook has been produced by the John Rylands University Library of Manchester for use with ISI Proceedings version 1.1 Any or all parts of this document may be reproduced and altered for use with your own training sessions. Last updated on the 1st October

3 From the ISI Web of Science home screen click on Proceedings icon, type in your Athens ID and password, then click on the Easy Search button. Information can then be searched as in the Web of Science by Topic, Person or Place. NB. The database is not case sensitive, and you may type any letter or word in upper or lower case, or a mixture of both. The following can all be performed in the Full Search by choosing to type in the appropriate boxes. From the Easy Search page click on the Topic button. 1. Searching and combining terms using multiple Boolean operators Objective: to find references to more than one search term using multiple Boolean operators AND narrows your search to find all search terms SAME (or SENT) finds terms in the same sentence OR widens the scope of your search to include either search term, useful for searching for synonyms, abbreviations or variants in spellings NOT excludes unwanted terms Use parentheses (brackets) to arrange terms in a logical order when combining terms using more than one Boolean operator. Without parentheses, operators are evaluated in the following order, from highest to lowest precedence: SAME, NOT, AND, OR. If in doubt, type each search combination within a set of brackets combining them with a Boolean operator Task 1: Find references to a conference or proceeding paper on memory loss in elderly people Type memory loss same (aged or elderly) 2. Displaying your results Objective: to display and browse through the full references of the records you have retrieved. Task 2: Display and browse through the results of your search From the list of references, click on the title (coloured hypertext link) of any item to display the full reference, and view the contents Move to the next full reference by clicking on the Next button Return to the list of references by clicking on the Summary button 3

4 Your search results are displayed in groups of 10 references. To view the next 10 references, click on a results page number at the top or bottom of the screen 4

5 3. Wildcards and truncation Objective: To look for variants of words? - wildcard for a single character * - wildcard or truncation for any number of characters Only two wildcards can be used within or at the end of a single word A wildcard can be used after one character within ISTP Task 3: Find a conference paper on children s behaviour where both terms appear in the same sentence, taking into account variants in spelling eg behaviour or behavior Type behavi*r same child* (to find references within the same sentence) 4. Marking and extracting records Objective: to mark selected records for printing or downloading, sorted by a defined format. Task 4: Mark three records for printing, sorted by conference title and in a defined format. From the last search, mark 6 individual records by clicking in the checkbox next to the summary record Click on the Submit button Click on Marked list button at the top of the screen Select Set sort option and choose Source Title, to display in conference title order Click on Select fields and choose to display the conference sponsors, document type and abstract, in addition to the author(s), article title, conference title and source Click on the Format for print button to display your records, and scroll through them 5. Getting Help Objective: to locate help on a particular topic. Help is context sensitive Task 5: Find the help screens for conducting an Easy search by Topic Make sure you are at the main Topic search screen Click on the Help button to display help on this topic Alternatively click on the Help button from any screen, and choose from the Help Contents list. Click on the Back button to exit help and return to the search screen 5

6 From the Easy Search page click on the Person button. Objective: to find research: by a named author about a particular person Use the author s surname and initial followed by a truncation symbol to find a named author eg Derwent R* to include references to the author s second initial, if present Use the first and second name combined with the SAME operator to search for a person as a subject, eg Marie same Stopes Task 6: Find a named author, eg J McGregor Type McGregor J* (not case sensitive) Select the first of the two options below the box, ie articles that this person has authored Compare the number of results retrieved if you didn t use truncation Task 7: Find articles about a named person eg Sigmund Freud Type Sigmund same Freud (as a subject) Select the second of the three options below the box, ie articles about this person Compare the number of results retrieved if you didn t use the SAME operator From the Easy Search page click on the Place button. Objective: to find work published by authors from a particular institution or geographical area (eg university or city) Use the abbreviation univ for University Use the help screens and the hypertext links to find complete lists of standard abbreviations Task 8: Find papers produced by researchers at the University of Manchester or your own institution Type univ same Manchester [or the name of your own institution] Browse through the full record of any reference to see the addresses field Task 9: Find papers produced by your own institution by postcode. NB you may have to use a departmental rather than institutional postcode Type in the postcode of your institution, or department within the institution 6

7 Task 10: Find work produced by the Medical Research Council. NB you ll need to use the abbreviation for the Medical Research Council From the Place search screen, click on the Institutional place (university, company etc) hyperlink From the alphabetical list, find the Medical Research Council and its abbreviation, then highlight it with the mouse Click on your browser s Edit button and select copy (or control c) Click on your browser s Back button, and position the cursor in the Search box Click on your browser s Edit button and select paste (or control v) 7

8 From the ISI Web of Science home screen click on the Full Search button. Information can then be retrieved by a General Search or by Using a Saved Query. From the Full Search page click on the General Search button. Use the truncation symbol after a journal title in the source field, as the volume details are sometimes included in the title eg Medical Imaging * Objective: to find references to papers presented at a conference on a particular topic, that have later been published in a particular journal. Task 1: Find information on mad cow disease or BSE or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy published within the journal Electron Microscopy From the Full Search main screen, select All years in the date option Click on General Search Click on the Clear button to remove any previous search terms Type mad cow disease or BSE or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the topic field Type Electron Microscopy* in the Source Title field or select it from the list at the end of the Source Title box in the following way Select the letter E, scroll down to Electron Microscopy Highlight the title only Click on your browser s Edit button and select copy (or control c) Click on your browser s Back button, and position the cursor in the Source Title box Click on your browser s Edit button and select paste (or control v) Place a truncation symbol after the title ie Electron Microscopy * Task 2: Find documents presented at a conference held in California on the topic of Genetic Engineering Select the General Search icon Click on the Clear button to remove any previous search terms Type Genetic Engineer* in the topic box Type California in the Conference info box Task 3: Find all the conference papers or proceedings on genetically modified food or crops presented at the 1999 International Brighton Conference on Weeds Select the General Search icon Click on the Clear button to remove any previous search terms Type genetically modified same (food* or crop*) in the topic box In the Conference info box, type either the title of the conference in full, or use keywords linked with Boolean operators 8

9 When searching by date, use the abbreviation for the month ie Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec Do not use the SAME operator to combine your key words and the date, as the title and date do not appear within the same sentence Task 4: Find all the conferences listed within ISPT on the topic of breast cancer held in March of the year 1999 Select the General Search icon Click on the Clear button to remove any previous search terms Type breast cancer* and 1999 and Mar in the Conference info box. Objective: to save a search query on a particular topic to be used at a later date. Task 5: Save the search strategy from the previous search From the General Search screen, make sure your search strategy is displayed Click on the Save Query button Select the drive where you wish to save it to, eg a: to save to floppy disk Ensure your filename is followed by the extension that your web browser normally defaults to, eg.htm for Internet browsers Click on Save Task 6: Run your saved search Go back to the main Full Search screen, Type in the full pathname of your saved query or use the Browse button to locate your file, then click on open Click on the Open Query button, and click on the Search button to execute the search NB if your Web Browser experiences problems with the above, please run your saved search in the following way: Open your saved search strategy by choosing Open from the File pull down menu Select the drive your file is stored in by clicking on the appropriate drive eg a: for floppy disk Select your file by double clicking on it Click on the Search button to execute the search 9

10 ISI Proceedings Questions NB. The database is not case sensitive, and you may type any letter or word in upper or lower case, or a mixture of both. The following can all be performed in the Full Search by choosing to type in the appropriate boxes. Easy Search - Topic Searching and combining terms using multiple Boolean operators AND narrows your search to find all search terms SAME (or SENT) finds terms in the same sentence OR widens the scope of your search to include either search term, useful for searching for synonyms, abbreviations or variants in spellings NOT excludes unwanted terms Use parentheses (brackets) to arrange terms in a logical order when combining terms using more than one Boolean operator. Without parentheses, operators are evaluated in the following order, from highest to lowest precedence: SAME, NOT, AND, OR. If in doubt, type each search combination within a set of brackets combining them with a Boolean operator Task 1: Find references to a conference or proceeding paper on memory loss in elderly people Displaying results Task 2: Display and browse through the results of your search, using the Next, Previous and Summary lists Using Wildcards and truncation? - wildcard for a single character * - wildcard or truncation for any number of characters Only two wildcards can be used within or at the end of a single word A wildcard can be used after one character within ISTP Task 3: Find a conference paper on children s behaviour where both terms appear in the same sentence, taking into account variants in spelling eg behaviour or behavior Marking and extracting records Task 4: Mark three records for printing, sorted by conference title, displaying the conference sponsors, document type and abstract in addition to the author(s), article title, conference title and source 10

11 Getting Help Task 5: Find the help screens for conducting an Easy search by Topic Help is context sensitive 11

12 Easy Search - Person Use the author s surname and initial followed by a truncation symbol to find a named author eg Derwent R* * to include references to the author s second initial, if present Use the first and second name combined with the SAME operator to search for a person as a subject, eg Marie same Stopes Task 6: Find a named author, eg J McGregor Compare the number of results retrieved if you didn t use truncation Task 7: Find articles about a named person eg Sigmund Freud Compare the number of results retrieved if you didn t use the SAME operator Easy Search - Place Use the abbreviation univ for University Use the help screens and the hypertext links to find complete lists of standard abbreviations Task 8: Find papers produced by researchers at the University of Manchester or your own institution Task 9: Find papers produced by your own institution by postcode. NB you may have to use a departmental rather than institutional postcode Task 10: Find work produced by the Medical Research Council. NB you ll need to use the abbreviation for the Medical Research Council 12

13 Full Search - General Search Use the truncation symbol after a journal title in the source field, as the volume details are sometimes included in the title eg Medical Imaging * Task 1: Find information on mad cow disease or BSE or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy published within the journal Electron Microscopy Task 2: Find documents presented at a conference held in California on the topic of Genetic Engineering Task 3: Find all the conference papers or proceedings on genetically modified food or crops presented at the 1999 International Brighton Conference on Weeds When searching by date, use the abbreviation for the month ie Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec Do not use the SAME operator to combine your key words and the date, as the title and date do not appear within the same sentence Task 4: Find all the conferences listed within ISPT on the topic of breast cancer held in March of the year 1999 Full Search Using a Saved Query Task 5: Save the search strategy from the previous search Task 6: Run your saved search 13