Web of Science
Using Web of Science to Find Articles
Why use Web of Science to find articles? Science Citation Index Expanded in Web of Science indexes articles from almost 6,000 scholarly journals in more than 150 science and engineering disciplines. These journals provide high quality, reliable scientific and technical information. It’s easy to search for your subject and links to online full text are provided for many of the articles you’ll find.
To get started, go to The University of Arizona Library home page, click on Search for Articles and select Web of Science from the alphabetical list of databases. From the first screen, select Science Citation Index and the range of years you want to search. Then select "General Search" and follow instructions shown below. It’s usually best to start your search by just entering some keywords that describe your research topic in the Topic box. You can combine terms using "AND" or "OR" to limit or increase the number of articles retrieved. At the bottom of the page you'll find boxes that let you limit your search by language and to articles only.
A list of articles matching your keywords will display next. You may sort the list several ways including by latest date or number of times cited using Sort button as illustrated below.
Finding Your Articles: Here is an example of a typical citation. It includes the author’s name (Sullivan JH) on the first line, the title of the article (Possible Impacts of Changes in UV-B Radiation on North American Trees and Forests), the name of the journal it’s from (Environmental Pollution) and the volume number (137), issue number (3), pages (380-389), and date of publication of the article (OCT 2005). You will need this information to correctly cite the article in reports or papers so you should e-mail the information to yourself, save an electronic copy, write it down or make sure you print out this information.
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Sullivan JH Possible impacts of changes in UV-B radiation on North American trees and forests
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For this article or others where full text is available, you can link directly to the online version by clicking on the “View Full Text” button that, when present, takes you directly to the journal site. There you will need to select the version (HTML or PDF) of full-text you want. You can read the article online, e-mail it to yourself, or print it.
Title: Possible impacts of changes in UV-B radiation on North American trees and forests Author(s): Sullivan JH Source: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 137 (3): 380-389 OCT 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References 81 Times Cited: 0
Abstract: Approximately 35 species representing 14 tree genera have been evaluated for responses to UV-B radiation in Author Keywords: UV-B radiation; forest ecosystems; global change; flavonoids KeyWords Plus: LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA HAMAMELIDACEAE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS; PINUS-TAEDA L.; ULTRAVIOLET-B; LOBLOLLY-PINE; SCOTS PINE; LEAF EXPANSION; SCREENING EFFECTIVENESS; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT |
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Cited References: A particularly useful feature provided by Web of Science is the ability to display a list of the references that the author cited. In the example above the author cited 81 other papers. By clicking on "Cited References," you can see the full list. Often articles that were cited will also help with your research.
Author Searches: If you find a particularly good article you can find more articles by the same author by clicking on the author's name. There is also an option to search by author's name on the general search screen. Use the author's last name and initials, without punctuation, as shown in the example on the search screen. If you do not know the author's middle initial, type an asterisk (*) after the first initial.
Advanced Searches: Two more search options, Cited Reference Search and Advanced Search, are available. Doing a Cited Reference Search lets you find papers where the author has cited a particular article. This can be useful if you know of a very good or seminal paper in your field and want to find more recent research on the same topic. The Advanced Search option lets you structure more complex searches using field tags and set combinations. Online help is provided for using these options. Generally, you will not need to use these options for basic searching for NATS or similar classes.
No Full Text Link?
If there is no “View Full Text” button displayed, then you will need to check the library catalog to see if an electronic version is available that just isn’t linked or if a print version is available. You can do this by clicking on the “Article Linker” icon. The page that comes up shows you how to determine if the journal is available online or in print.
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Environmental pollution (1987) |
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0269-7491 |
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Article: |
Possible impacts of changes in UV-B radiation on North American trees and forests |
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Author: |
Sullivan |
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137 |
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3 |
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380 |
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Date: |
2005 |
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Step 1: Article Is Available Online Here:
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If article isn't available above, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 - Search the Library Catalog |
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AHSL Library |
Library Doesn't Own the Journal?: If the library does not own the journal that contains the article you need you can request it through Interlibrary Loan and we will get a copy for you at no cost within an average of about two days.
Online Tutorial: The opening screen of Web of Science has a link
Can't Find Articles on Your Topic? If you encounter problems finding good articles on your subject, go to the list of Subject Specialists