WEB OF SCIENCE
Training Opportunities
Web of Science® provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases, with authoritative, multidisciplinary coverage from nearly 9,300 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage available to 1900.
We invite you to explore the following Web of Science training opportunities.
- Overview
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Free Web of Science Education & Training
Whether you want to get the basics and get started fast — or fine tune your skills, Thomson Reuters can help with a variety of targeted training opportunities. Classes are conducted over the internet — some live with open question-and-answer sessions — and others prerecorded so you can take advantage of them at your convenience, around the clock.
- Live Sessions
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Web of Science 1: General Search and Basic Navigation
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
- Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
- Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
Web of Science 2: Cited Reference Search
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
- Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
- Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Web of Science — Citation Reporting and the H-Index
Understanding Citation Metrics for Research Evaluation
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Web of Science: General Search & Setting up Alerts (In Korean)
Web of Science: Make your search simple yet effective (In English)
Web of Science: Make your search simple yet effective (In Chinese)
- Recorded Training
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Recorded Training
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New Features Update
Learn what's new in the Web of Knowledge in the November 2009 upgrade
(07:53 minutes)
Introduction to the New Web of Knowledge
View this short introduction to the newly redesigned Web of Knowledge — January 2008
(4:00 minutes)
Search Tips for Web of Science
Learn tips to help you search Web of Science effectively, including tips on using search operators and wildcard characters
(07:33 minutes)
Cited Reference Searching
Learn the basics of Web of Science's powerful citation search capabilities.
(06:54 minutes)
Citation Report and H-index
Learn how to quickly create and export a report that details citation activity to an author's publications. Each Web of Science citation report includes a calculated h-index which is also discussed in this presentation.
(5:40 minutes)
Citation Map
Create interactive maps of an article's citation data to visualize trends.
(06:27 minutes)
Citation Alerting
Learn how to keep up to date on who is citing your work or the work of others within your field of research.
(4:17 minutes)
All Databases Search
Learn about searching more than one database simultaneously within theWeb of Knowledge
(05:15 minutes)
Managing Search Results
Find out how to export, print, email and save records in the Web of Knowledge.
(04:14 minutes)
Saving Search Histories and Creating Alerts
Learn how to save your histories and receive email alerts to your desktop.
(05:45 minutes)
Exporting and Using Citation Report Data
Use data exported from Citation Report to create charts and graphs in a spreadsheet program.
(07:46 minutes)
Search Proceedings Literature in the Web of Science
Learn about searching for conference proceedings in the Web of Science.
(04:11 minutes) - Materials
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Support & Training Materials
- Web of Science Tutorial — English
- Web of Science v 8.0 Workbook (English)
- Web of Science v 8.0 Workbook (French) (Word File)
- Web of Science v8.0 Workbook (Spanish) PDF
- Glossary of Terms for Thomson Reuters Databases
- Product Information
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Registered Customers
Registered customers can access Web of Science below:
Customized Training
Our Customer Education team can also customize training for your specific needs — contact us if you would like to find out more.