- Web of Science
Web of Science is an
online academic database provided byThomson Scientific . It provides access to five databases:Science Citation Index (SCI),Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI),Index Chemicus , andCurrent Chemical Reactions . Its databases cover about 8,700 leading journals ofscience ,technology ,social sciences ,arts , andhumanities .The three citation databases listed above contain references which have been cited by other articles. One may use such citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication. One may also search the three citation databases by topic, by author, by source title, and by address.
The two chemistry databases allow for the creation of structure drawings, thus enabling users to locate
chemical compound s and reactions. These databases may also be searched for compound and reaction data.Use of the Web of Science is licensed to institutions such as universities and the research departments of large corporations, generally through access to the
Web of Knowledge .See also
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List of academic journal search engines External links
* access to the database: http://apps.isiknowledge.com/
* [http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos/ Web of Science]
* [http://www.webofknowledge.com/ Web of Knowledge]
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