Web of Science

What is Web of Science?

The Web of Science database consists of three multidisciplinary indexes of bibliographic information. The three indexes are Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Science Citation Index Expanded indexes 5,700+ journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Some of the disciplines covered include Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Pharmacology, Physics, and Veterinary Science. The Social Sciences Citation Index indexes 1,725+ journals across 50 disciplines. Some of the disciplines covered include Anthropology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Public Health, and Social Work. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index indexes 1,144 of arts and humanities journals, along with relevant items from 6,800+ science and social science journals. Some of the disciplines covered include Architecture, Dance, History, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, and Religion.

You can search just one of the available indexes or all three indexes at once. Searching all three indexes together is the recommended way to find the largest range of articles on your topic.

The available search options are topic, author, journal, and/or author address. A unique and highly prized feature of Web of Science is the Cited Reference Search option. This option allows you to search for articles that cite an author or article that you specify.

You can access the Web of Science database via the Databases/MEDLINE page of the Library homepage. It is available both on- and off-campus.

There are some advantages to publishing in a BMC journal. The author retains copyright of the article, and he/she can also track the number of times the article has been viewed or downloaded. The Library's institutional license also allows accepted authors to waive the $500 publication processing fee charged by BioMedCentral for publication of an article.