Using Web of Science

Using Web of Science

Web of Science Core Collection is a great place to start your research on any topic within the field of science. In this tutorial, you'll learn to:

• perform effective searches
• quickly evaluate results
• apply search filters to limit results

Use the arrows below to navigate through the tutorial, or click the  button at the top right to skip to another section.

Using Web of Science

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Using Web of Science

What is Web of Science?

Web of Science Core Collection is one of our top library databases for a number of reasons:

• Wide coverage within the sciences
• Contains scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, meeting abstracts and more. 
• Full-text of journal articles typically not available in web (e.g. Google) searches

Using Web of Science

Accessing Web of Science Core Collection

From the UNM Libraries home page on your right:

• Click on the W in the Databases, by Title, box.
• Scroll down and click on Web of Science Core Collection

Off-campus?

Searching in Web of Science

In this guide, we'll look for articles about virus-like particles and vaccines

Before you start your own search:

• Think about what kinds of sources or formats you will need
• Be strategic about your keywords

Searching in Web of Science

Getting Started

1. Start with a simple search. If you have more than one keyword, it can help to keep separate concepts in separate boxes.

2. Open up a new search box by clicking on the +Add Another Field button.

3. Click on Search.

Searching in Web of Science

Sorting the Results

Notice that the search is sorted by Publication Date--newest to oldest, you may want to change this to Relevance.

Do this by clicking on the arrow in the box at the top labeled Publication Date--newest to oldest, then click on Relevance in the drop down menu.

Searching in Web of Science

Reading Abstracts

You can read an abstract for each article by clicking on the View Abstract button under each title. 

A quick scan of the abstract will give you a summary of the contents and some possible keywords to use if you want to do a more specific search.

Refining Results in Web of Science

Using Filters

If you look on the left side of the search results page, you'll see various options for narrowing your list of results, like:

• Document Types
• Research Areas
• Authors
• Publication years

By clicking on specific boxes, like Article, under  Document Types you can limit your search to only articles. 

Refining Results in Web of Science

Evaluating Search Results

You can learn more about each item by clicking on the title, this will take you to a separate page with more information about the authors, journals, and the publisher. 

Scroll down until you find the article "Virus-like particles: Passport to immune recognition" in the list. Click on the title. 

Scroll down the page to view more information about the article. If the abstract relates to your research, you may want to find ways to access the full text.

Do this by clicking on the Full Text Options at the top-left of the page, then clicking on the  button to get a direct link to the full text in a new page.

Refining Results in Web of Science

Tools in Web of Science

In addition to finding the full text, Web of Science has a variety of tools that can assist in collecting information, building a bibliography, or printing text.

After clicking on the article title "Virus-like particles: Passport to immune recognition" notice the tool bar at the top-center of the page.

Click the Printer button in the tool bar to print the record of the article or click on the Add to Marked List button to generate a list of articles for later use. 

Refining Results in Web of Science

 Citation Network in the Web of Science

There is one more useful tool in the Web of Science Core Collection and that is the Citation Network panel located on the top right of the page. 

This information can be used to determine resources cited within the article and other articles that cited this specific one. 

By clicking on Times Cited, Web of Science will take you to a new search that lists all the articles that cited "Virus-like particles: Passport to immune recognition" which can be useful for finding additional sources of information. 

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