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BNURS 520 & 522: Translational Research I & II: Web of Science

Web of Science

Web of Science - UW restricted.   Contains citations indexes and summaries covering the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).

  • Strengths: (1) The "Citation Network" feature, and (2) It is a large database.
  • Weaknesses: (1) Cannot limit by randomized controlled trial, clinical trial, qualitative, or quantitative, but you can type them in as topic words, and (2) Cannot format citations in APA format.

The Training Resources page includes video tutorials and more: Introduction, Getting Help, Quick Reference Guide, Build better searches, Using the Advanced Search Query Builder, Combining Search Sets, What is a Cited Reference Search, and How to do a cited reference search. 

To access Web of Science away from campus, click on the Web of Science link above and you should be prompted to login with you UW NetID and password.

To search in the Web of Science:

  1. Type your search words into the All Fields box, such as:  registered nurse and job satisfaction
                                                                                                         or
                                                                                           improve and nurse and job satisfaction and retention
  2. (Optional) If needed, change the All Fields box to Topic, Title, Author, Publication Types, Year Published, Affiliation, Publisher, etc.
  3. (Optional) If needed, click on the + Add row button to add more search boxes.
  4. (Optional) Click on the + Add date range button to limit by date. Click on the Publication Date box to select the years you want to limit to, such as: All years, Last 5 years, or Custom date range. Index Date limits options are also listed.
  5. Click on the Search button.

WOS Search page

 

6. Look at your results for citations of interest, (see the search results example below).

 

Click on the "Sort by" link located above the search results. Experiment with the different sort features, such as "Citations," "Usage," and "Relevance."

The Sort by link, located above the search results:

The drop down list of sort options:

Sort options

Look for the Citation link to the right of the citation (see the example below). If it has been cited, click on the number to see if this leads you to more citations of interest. Please Note: Older articles are more likely to have been cited than newer articles. A higher "Citations" number can signify a popular article, or an article of importance. You can also click on the References below the Citations link.

Search results and Citation links

 

7. Click on either the title, or the Show more link to view the abstract, if available, (see the example above).

  • Click on the View Related Records link on the right to see similar records based on shared references.

8. Click on the purple Check for Full Text - W button (see the examples above and below) to locate the full text of the article.

  • Another option is to type or paste in the article or book title from the citation into the UW Libraries Search system to view online and print holdings.