Web of Science
The library recently offered training on our new database, Web of Science. Some interesting info gleaned from the 2 sessions:- New data is loaded into the database every Thurs. night so if you've created an 'alert' to be notified when a specific article is cited, it will be sent to you Fri.
- 99.5% of the journals indexed are peer-reviewed; the .5% that are technically not may as well be because of their high editorial standards (e.g. Science & Nature)
- Thomson is always reviewing the journals indexed in Web of Science and does add new ones or occasionally drop ones. They welcome your suggestions. Just contact their Technical Support.
- The database doesn't index preprints. Another database of theirs, Current Contents Select, does, but we do not subscribe to it. However, Scirus, a free database on our website, does index preprints.
Attendees received a 48-page workbook which you can download online for free at http://scientific.thomson.com/media/scpdf/wos_workbook_7_6.pdf .
You might want to check out the online tutorials (animated with sound) on how to use the db in depth or refer your students to them:
http://www.scientific.thomson.com/support/recordedtraining/wos . Running time for these is about 3-10 minutes each.
Lastly, you might want to use parts of another workbook with your students to explain citation indexing (found at http://scientific.thomson.com/media/scpdf/lis_sem_0704.pdf) . It's got lots of useful graphics like the following:
If you have any questions, feel free to call or email me, or just drop by my office (AL 222).
Linda
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