Web of Science - UW restricted. Contains citations indexes and summaries covering the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).
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:
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:
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.
7. Click on either the title, or the Show more link to view the abstract, if available, (see the example above).
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.