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Web of Knowledge
Description:

This multidisciplinary research platform lets you search multiple databases simultaneously via one interface (CrossSearch). Includes access to Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index), Current Web Contents (5,000 editorially evaluated and selected Web sites), and the following external resources:

  • AIAA Meeting Papers American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Agricola
  • arXiv Computer Science
  • arXiv Mathematics
  • arXiv Nonlinear Sciences
  • arXiv Physics
  • arXiv Quantitative Biology
  • Civil Engineering Database
  • The Educator's Reference Desk ERIC Database
  • NTIS Library Documents published since 1990
  • NASA Astrophysics Data System
  • Popline Reproductive Health Literature
  • PubMed

Searches default to most current five years. To alter the dates of coverage and/or search specific fields, use the More search fields link.

You may exclude any resources that don't apply to your search; use the What databases am I searching? link.

Other resources available via Web of Knowledge:

  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
    Journal performance metrics, including Impact Factor

  • ISI HighlyCited.com
    Author biographies and bibliographies

  • BiologyBrowser

  • Index to Organism Names

  • in-cites
    Interviews, first-person essays, and profiles on selected items from Essential Science Indicators

  • Science Watch
    Trends and performance in basic research

  • Special Topics
    Analysis and commentary on research trends and performance

Resource Type(s): All Relevant Database(s) 
Mobile Accessmobile phone image This resource is mobile-enabled
Mobile Website Click here for mobile access
Mobile App Click here for the mobile app

Thomson Reuters RefScan, powered by Web of Knowledge and EndNote, lets you scan and capture your references.  Access bibliographic information and times cited counts directly from Web of Knowledge and save them to your free EndNote Webaccount for later retrieval — no subscriptions required. App available on iTunes.

Note: Requires iOS 5.1 or greater.

Access information: Resource is available on-campus or off-campus via EZProxy; Click the resource name to access it or here for off-campus instructions.
Fulltext: This resource does not provide direct access to fulltext content.
Vendor Name:ISI Web of Knowledge / Thomson Scientific
Research Guides: Graduate Student Survival Kit
Coverage:1900 - present
Special usage notes:

For electronic access options, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the item, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.

Help Files
ISI Web of Knowledge tutorial
Recorded Training sessions
Training materials and FAQs

Please note: If you get a blank results screen and are using Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), please use the Compatibility View option to resolve the display problem. This option is found under Tools or as an icon resembling a torn page near the URL bar. You need do this only once for Web of Knowledge on your computer. For more details about Compatibility View, see the Microsoft knowledgebase.