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Parrish Library Database of the Week: Web of Science

January 28th, 2016

Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is Web of Science brought to you by Thomson Reuters.

Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.

Focus: Web of Science is a citation index to research data, books, journals, proceedings, publications and patents.

Search: Web of Science includes content from scholarly literature of social sciences, science, art, and humanities. Web of Science allows users to search by several categories such as topic, author, and editor. Additional search fields can be added to limit the search and get the best results. The home page features link to Journal Citation Reports, EndNote, and tools to set up alerts.

Click here to see the basics of searching Web of Science, or try our Guide on the Side with this link.

Why you should know this database: Web of Science provides full text to most of the articles that meet your search parameters, with others available through Interlibrary Loan.

Why students should know this database: Web of Science features high quality, multidisciplinary, subject-specific search results along with analysis tools to help identify trends and patterns.

Cost: For annual subscription information, contact parrlib@purdue.edu

Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu.  Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this weekly feature.

Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu