Rod Library now provides access to the Web of Knowledge collection of databases. Training sessions for faculty with a representative from Thomson Reuters have been scheduled for Wednesday, April 7^th, from 11:00 – 12:00 noon and 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Rod Library, Room 373. To sign up, please call Chris Neuhaus at 273-3718. 

 

What is the Web of Knowledge? - It’s a research platform that provides access to leading citation databases and a variety of content. However, Web of Knowledge is more than an aggregation of content and tools. It's a unified platform that enables you to conduct one search to find all relevant items. The content includes:

Web of Knowledge indexes both cited and citing works, enabling the user to more easily identify links between current and historical research.  The searcher can use cited reference data to move backward and forward in time to track and determine research influence, and use citation analysis to find influential authors who are publishing high-impact research, discover important author and/or institutional research collaborations, and determine where the most significant research is being published.

 

The Rod Library Web of Knowledge package includes:

Web of Science (Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index), with backfile coverage from 1995
Biological Abstracts (with backfile for 1995 - 2008)
Zoological Record
Medline

EndNote Web (can also be utilized in conjunction with some other Library databases)

The Library also has initiated a subscription to Journal Citation Reports®, beginning with Science Edition 2009 and Social Science Edition 2009.

 

The Library was able to subscribe to the Web of Knowledge by redirecting funds previously dedicated to a print subscription to the Social Science Citation Index and a subscription to Biological Abstracts on a different vendor platform. Backfiles were acquired in part with non-recurring funds.