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ENVM 598 Research Methods: Web of Science Tutorial

Guide to research sources in environmental management.

Find Research & Review Articles in Web of Science

GO TO WEB OF SCIENCE WEBSITE

Search example: I am looking for research articles on exposure assessment of nanoparticles

  • Type search terms in different boxes. You can add additional boxes by clicking on "Add Another Field."
  • Your search terms are separated by the Boolean operator "And"  which means that all of your terms have to appear somewhere in the resulting record.
  • To the right of each search box is a pull-down menu. If you are searching terms for a topic, keep "topic" selected. You can, however, search on author and journal name.
  • <Click> Search

RESULTS SCREEN

  • Results are displayed newest to oldest. You can switch to "Relevance" sort and select publication years on left side of screen below "Refine Results."
  • Also below "Refine Results" you can limit your search to a particular research area as well as limit to a particular document type such as review article.

REFINE RESULTS BY CATEGORY/RESEARCH AREA

  • <Click> "more options/values" below heading, "Web of Science Categories" to view all research areas.
  • Check boxes of interest.
  • <Click> "Refine'"

 

REFINING RESULTS FURTHER

Here are the results after refining and sorting using the following options

  • Relevance sort
  • Category: "Public Environmental Occupational Health"
  • Publication Years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

 FULL TEXT AND ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS

  • To access full text, either <click> the "Full Text" box as shown in the above screenshot or <click> an article title to view its detailed record as shown below
  • <Click> "UFindIt" in the "Full Text" option to see if full text is available in one of UF library's resources.
  • Check additional terms in abstract and keywords to use in another search (for example, you may want to re-run your search by replacing the word "nanoparticles" with "nanomaterials")