Web of Knowledge (11 . 05 . 2012)

Web of Knowledge have changed the cited reference capture process to give users a clearer, more comprehensive picture of the scholarly impact of work.

Added Context. Full Cited Reference Data Capture gives users the ability to see a more accurate picture of the citations to a work.

• Retrieve more accurate citation information with added context and data
• Display a more complete bibliographic description in a Cited Reference Search
• View more complete information in the Cited Reference Lookup table

Increased Flexibility. More flexible search and display options for Cited Reference Searching allow users to:

• Mark and export cited references from an article's bibliography
• Search for a cited article or book title
• Display all known authors and their positions

More Comprehensive Results. Web of Knowledge have enabled left hand truncation and updated the US/UK dictionary to make it easier for users to find the best results, most relevant to their search terms.

• Based on user suggestions, they have expanded the UK/US synonym dictionary
• Left hand truncation will be supported in Topic, Title, UID and ID codes fields

Contact Web of Knowledge to register for live training sessions or to access recorded training sessions.

An initiative of the IUA Librarians

The IReL service has been a key element in transforming the landscape for scientific research in Ireland.
Dr Ray O'Neill, Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, NUI Maynooth