Web of Science - a brief overview Search Refine Sort Export to bibliographic manager Analyse results Save Create your personal account Sign in Save Searches – Re-run searches Create Alerts / Citation alerts

1. Web of ScienceCompiled by Jen Eidelman
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
A brief overview:
• Search
• Refine
• Sort
• Export to bibliographic manager
• Analyse results
• Save
• Create your personal account
• Sign in
• Save Searches – Re-run searches
• Create Alerts / Citation alerts

2. Database searching - Web of Science
From the dropdown menu you can choose ‘All Databases’ to search
across all the databases.
If you search in the ‘Web of Science Core Collection’ you will be able to
create search alerts & RSS feeds.
Alerts are not enabled when you search in ‘All Databases’.

3. Database searching - Web of Science
Change drop down
menu to topic
Change timespan to limit your search
to specific years

4. Refine
results of
search
here
Choose how to
sort the results
of your search

5. Analyse
results of
search
here

6. Rank results
by various
fields
e.g. by
Research Area

7. Web of Science
The SFX button
will tell you if the
full text of the
article is available
or not.

8. The full text is available from
3 databases e.g. Wiley
Online
Click on the Link
Web of Science - SFX

9. Click on Get PDF to
get the full text.

10. Hover your mouse
at the bottom of
the page to see all
the icons. Click on
the save icon to
save the article to
your computer
Web of Science – Save the article

11. Tick the box.
Export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
Web of Science - Export to RefWorks
Organise your work and create a reference list in
RefWorks

12. Web of Science – Export to RefWorks

13. Login to RefWorks
Organise your work and create a reference list in RefWorks

15. The information (bibliographic detail) is imported to
RefWorks

16. Web of Science
Sign in to create a personal account

17. • Click on the ‘Search History’ tab
• And then click on ‘Save History / Create Alert’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

18. • Give your search a
name
• Click ‘Save’
Keep up to date
Save Searches / Create Alerts

19. Web of Science
Find Saved Searches
and Alerts
• Click on ‘My Tools’
• Click on ‘Saved Searches and Alerts’ to
see all your saved searches

21. “A useful way to follow the development of a specific line of
research, is to identify key authors or key documents in the
field and then keep track of any new documents that cite
those authors or documents. To do this manually would be
fairly time-consuming, however it is possible to set up citation
alerts in certain databases.”
Please see the library guide:
Keeping up to date in Science & Engineering
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate/citation-alerts