Comparison of BIDS ISI (Enhanced) with Web of Science Lisa Haddow.

Comparison of BIDS ISI (Enhanced)

with Web of Science

Lisa Haddow

Lisa Haddow: University of StirlingComparison of BIDS ISI with WoS

Why do I suggest staff and students use BIDS ISI?

To search for- articles on a particular subject (service is updated

weekly therefore very up-to-date. There ARE other more subject specific databases available)

- review articles on a particular subject- carrying out citation searches (unique)- conference papers- current awareness


Coverage

BIDS ISI (enhanced) citation indexes 1981 -

present ISTP , 1982 - present Updated weekly Select database at start

or use pull-down menu Defaults to last 4 years

Web of Science citation indexes 1981 -

present (SCI expanded 1974-)

Updated weekly Check box to select

database not link (goes to further information on database)


Search Interface

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Frames and web

interface

Web of Science Web interface


Types of Searching

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Easy Search

- Subject

- Author

Web of Science Quick search

- Topic (subject)

- Person (Author; Citation; Subject)

- Place (Institutional; Geographic)


Types of searching (contd.)

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Advanced Search

- Subject

- Author

- Journal

- Patent

- Address

Web of Science Full Search

- General search» topic, author, source

(journal); address

- Cited reference» citation search

- Run Saved query


Types of searching (contd.)

Web of ScienceBIDS ISI (enhanced) Citation searching Citation analysis Autojournals Re-running saved

searches


Boolean operators

BIDS ISI (enhanced) , represents or + or & represent and - represents not phrase searching

possible

Web of Science or and not phrase searching

possible same - proximity

within same field


Truncation

BIDS ISI (enhanced) * - truncation ? - single character # - any word in a

phrase

Web of Science * - truncation or single

character ?- single character


Searching

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Possible to build up

searches stepwise by re-using previous sets

Web of Science Must put in complex

search statement at once using ()


Limiting

BIDS ISI (enhanced) from advanced

search- document type (e.g.,

review)

- language

- year

Web of Science from Full General

Search- document type (e.g.,

review)

- language

- year


Citation searching

BIDS ISI (enhanced) First author only Can search for a

particular paper

Web of Science First author required only if full

reference not in WoS From Quick Search

- Searching for any work that cites this author - not particular paper

- To find citations to a particular paper need to find that reference in the database then click on Times cited link


Citation searching (contd.)

Web of Science From Full search

- Select Cited Reference search - much easier - can search for a particular paper

- To see the references which cite your paper click on link to original paper and then on Times Cited link


Current awareness

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Saved searches

- saved on BIDS system and retrieved using identifier

- can be run against any system updates since search last carried out

Web of Science Run saved query

- saved on local disc

- can be run against last week’s update only


Current awareness

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Autojournals

- ability to receive the contents pages of up to 30 journals through email

Web of Science


Author searching

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Author last name

linked to initials with underscore- E.g., Chandler_NG

Web of Science Author last name

followed by initial(s)- E.g., Chandler NG


Displaying of results

BIDS ISI (enhanced) 5 Formats

- Title only- Title, author, journal- Title, author, journal and

abstract- Full record except

citations and research- Full record

Can redisplay in a different format

Web of Science 2 Formats

- Summary (Author, Title, Source)

- Full record


Displaying of results (contd.)BIDS ISI (enhanced)

Total number of results displayed in results frame, e.g,- 4 articles found

Web of Science Results split into groups

of 10 In summary format total

number of results found is displayed at bottom of results page, e.g.,- 206 of 12680533

documents matched the query


Displaying of results (contd.)BIDS ISI (enhanced)

Results displayed in reverse chronological order

Web of Science Sorting of results

possible- by relevance (ranking)

- by reverse chronological order


MarkingBIDS ISI (enhanced)

Click on mark button Mark all means - all

results Up to 200 articles can

be marked Can review marked

list

Web of Science Check box then click on

submit - 2 stage process Mark all - means all 10

results Don’t know if limit to

marking MUST look at Marked List

in order to output it


Output

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Email Download 5 Formats - (as display)

in either- standard or- downloading format (for

bibliographic software packages, e.g., ProCite)

Web of Science Print Export (bibliographic

software package,e.g., ProCite)

Save as- to hard disk (quick)


Output (contd)

Web of Science Default format

- author, title, source- option to select other fields (including

abstract)

Can sort records by- latest date- first author- source title- times cited


Other facilities

BIDS ISI (enhanced) Citation analysis Full-text of articles

through Journals Online

Web of Science Document Ordering


Other concerns

Telnet users (Betsy will look at in greater detail )

Charges for JANET use of transatlantic connection

Speed of service

Comparison of BIDS ISI (Enhanced) with Web of Science Lisa Haddow.

Documents

bids isi enhanced n

results bids isi enhanced

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truncation n

possible n

n phrase

record n

possible web of science