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Web of Science |
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| About the Web of Science |
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| Web of Science consists of the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. |
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| You may limit searches to individual citations indexes or simultaneous search from two or more indexes. |
| You may search the entire range of available dates or restrict the years. |
| You can sign in or register for an account |
| You can open a previously saved search under your account. |
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| Cited Reference Search |
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| Cited reference allows you to locate documents that have been cited by authors in the scholarly journals that are
indexed by the Web of Science. Click on the Cited Ref Search button to begin a cited reference search.  Click here for instructions.
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| Quick Search |
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| Quick Search is the default setting for the main screen. It allows users to locate full-text articles by topic. |
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| Quick Search Allows the Following Boolean Operators: |
| AND looks for the intersection between two terms. Example: gender AND immigration |
| OR looks for the union of two terms. Example: language acquisition OR language development |
| NOT looks for the difference between two terms. Example: sleep NOT infant |
| SAME looks for intersection and proximity between two terms with the same sentence, title, or keyword phrase. Example: visual SAME perception |
| ( ) allows complex searches to be constructed. Example: (anxiety OR depression) AND gender |
| Quick Search Allows the Following Wild Cards |
| * represents any number of unknown characters including none. Example - psycholog* |
| ? represents any single character. There must be a character to be represented. Example - wom?n |
| $ represents one character or no characters. Example - student$ |
| Refining Results for Quick Search |
| You can refine your results by clicking on the links for Subject Categories, Source (Journal) Titles, Document Types, Authors, or Publication Years. |
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| General Search |
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General Search allows you to search by combining pieces of
information. For example you can search for a particular author on
a topic by entering information for topic, author, address. Click on the on the
General Search button to begin search.
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| General Search allows the same Boolean Operators as Quick Search. |
| General Search allows the same Wild Cardsas Quick Search. |
| General Search allows the same Refine Results Options as Quick Search. |
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| Advanced Search allows you to conduct sophisticated searches using field tags combined with Boolean operators. | ||||
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| Advanced Search includes the following Field Tags: | ||||
| TS=Topic | TI=Title of article or book | AU=Author | SO=Source (book or journal) | CI=City |
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| Advanced Search allows the same Boolean Operators as Quick Search and General Search. | ||||
| Advanced Search allows the same Wild Cards as Quick Search and General Search. | ||||
| Advanced Search allows the same Refine Result Options as Quick Search and General Search. | ||||
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| You can combine search sets that are in the Search History. | ||||
cynthia.crosser@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 01/25/2008
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