1. WEB OF SCIENCE
Presented by,
S.ARUN JOSEPH.
M.L.I.Sc 4th semester.
No : 1
D.L.I.S.
University of Kerala.

2. Web of Science is an online academic
citation index provided by Thomson
Reuters
Designed for providing access to
multiple databases, cross-disciplinary
research, and in-depth exploration of
specialized subfields within an
academic or scientific discipline

3. The multidisciplinary coverage
encompasses 11,261 journals
Coverage includes the sciences,
social sciences, arts, and
humanities, and across
disciplines

4. Web of Science
Producer Thomson Reuters (USA)
Access
Providers Various institutions and commercial organizations
Coverage
Disciplines Science, social science, arts, humanities (supports 256 disciplines)
Record depth citation indexing, author, topic title, subject keywords, abstract, periodical
title, author's address, publication year
Format coverage full text articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, proceedings
(journals and book-based ), technical papers
Temporal coverage 1900 to present
Geospatial coverage Global - international
Number of records 40.1 million +

5. o The following types of literature are
indexed: peer reviewed journals,
original research articles, reviews,
editorials, chronologies, abstracts, as
well as other areas

6. • Web of Science consists of seven databases
• The first three citation databases contain the
references cited by the authors of the articles
 Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-
Expanded)
 Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
 Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(A&HCI)

7. >> Covers more than 7,100 notable journals
 Agriculture
 Astronomy
 Biochemistry
 Biology
 Biotechnology
 Chemistry
 Computer Science
 Materials Science
 Mathematics
 Medicine
 Neuroscience
 Oncology
 Pediatrics
 Pharmacology
 Physics
 Plant Sciences
 Psychiatry
 Surgery
 Veterinary Science
 Zoology

8.  Covers more than 2,470 journals encompassing 50
social science disciplines
 Anthropology
 History
 Industrial Relations
 Information Science & Library Science
 Law
 Linguistics
 Philosophy
 Political Science
 Psychiatry
 Psychology
 Public Health
 Social Issues
 Social Work
 Sociology
 Substance Abuse
 Urban Studies
 Women's Studies

9. Covers more than 1,395 arts and humanities
journals
 Archaeology
 Architecture
 Art
 Asian Studies
 Classics
 Dance
 Folklore
 History
 Language
 Linguistics
 Literary Reviews
 Literature
 Music
 Philosophy
 Poetry
 Radio, Television, & Film
 Religion
 Theater

10. The two chemistry databases allow you to
create structure drawings to find chemical
compounds and reactions.
 Index Chemicus (IC)
 Current Chemical Reactions
(CCR-Expanded)

11.  Index Chemicus indexes more than 2.6
million compounds
 The range of coverage is from 1993 to
present day
 Vital source of new information on
biologically active compounds and natural
products
 Current Chemical Reactions indexes over
one million reactions, and the range of
coverage is from 1986 to present day

12. Covers more than 110,000 journals
and book-based proceedings in two
editions:
Science and Social Science
and Humanities, encompassing
256 disciplines

13. This citation index covers conference literature in all
scientific and technical fields, including:
• Agriculture
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry • Computer Science
• Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Medicine
• Physics

14. This citation index covers conference literature in all
scientific and technical fields, including:
• Agriculture
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry • Computer Science
• Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Medicine
• Physics

15. This citation index covers conference literature in all
fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities,
including:
• Art
• Economics
• History
• Literature
• Management • Philosophy
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Sociology

16. 1) Financial
Connecting the global financial community
2) Governance, Risk &
Compliance
Proactive Insights, Dynamic Connections,
Informed Outcomes

17. 3) Intellectual Property
Manage, protect and drive the value of your IP
assets. With solutions that power the IP lifecycle
4) Legal
Content, technology and expertise to help legal
professionals practice, manage and thrive
5) News Services
The leading provider of real-time, high-impact,
multimedia news and information services

18. 6) Pharma & Life Sciences
From discovery to development, launch, and
beyond: we can help your pipeline flourish and your
business grow
7) Scholarly & Scientific
Research
Discover, author, publish and evaluate. The research
ecosystem from start to finish at your fingertips

19. The world’s most trusted
citation index covering the
leading scholarly literature
Provides access to the
world’s leading citation
databases

20.  Web of Science.(n.d).retrieved on June 22,2013 from,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Science
 The world’s most.(n.d).retrieved on June 22,2013 from,
http://thomsonreuters.com/web-of-science
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http://www.google.co.in/search?q=web+of+science&sou
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