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Search

Search for records from our product database. All successful searches are added to the Search History table. Remember to follow all applicable search rules when creating your search queries.

You can use up to 6,000 terms in a search query.

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Remember that the product uses an implicit AND operator when you enter two or more adjacent terms in most fields. For example:

Entering rainbow trout fish farm in a Topic or Title search is equivalent to entering rainbow AND trout AND fish AND farm -- both queries return the same number of results.

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General Search

1. Go to the Current Limits section of the search page if you need to change your search settings.

2. Enter your search terms in one or more of search fields. Click the Add Another Field link to add more search fields to the Search page.

3. Click Search to go to the Results page.

4. Select a record to review, and then click the title link to go to the Full Record page for the selected record.

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Search Fields

• Topic
• Topic - Add Mesh
• Topic - Add Mesh (No Explode)
• Title
• Title - Add Mesh
• Title - Add Mesh (No Explode)
• Mesh Heading
• Mesh Heading (No Explode)
• Mesh Major Topics
• Mesh Major Topics (No Explode)
• Author
• ResearcherID
• Corporate Author
• Publication Name
• Address
• Chemical
• Identifying Codes
• Year Published
• Publication Type
• Language
• Citation Subset
• Age Groups / Species / Gender
• Databanks
• Status

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Add Another Field

1. Click the Add Another Field link to add a new search field to the Search page.

2. Click the Down arrow that appears at the end of the new field to display a menu.

3. Select the needed field from the menu. For example, select Document Type, Title, or any other field that appears on the menu.

4. Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 to add additional fields.

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Save As My Defaults

The product allows you to save your Timespan settings. These settings are found under the Current Limits heading on any Search page.

You can save these settings so that they are available each time you begin a search session. For example, you can set your timespan settings to search the Latest 5 Years. Each time you begin a new session, the product remembers this setting and only searches for records added to the product within the last 5 years.

You must be a registered user and you must sign in to save your search settings.

1. Select the desired timespan and/or databases that you want to include in future searches.

2. If you have not signed in, then click the sign in or register link that appears to the right of the Current Limits label to sign in or register.

3. Click the Save as My Defaults button. The next time you sign into a new session, the product remembers your settings so you can immediately begin your research.

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How to Create a Citation Alert

When you create a citation alert, Thomson Reuters notifies you by e-mail whenever the document has been cited by a new article. The alert is active for one year. You may renew the alert at any time. We will send you an e-mail approximately two weeks before the alert expires to remind you to renew the alert.

To create an alert, you must be a registered user and you must sign in to Web of Knowledge.

1. Run a search from the Search or Advanced Search page to find records for which you want to create a Citation Alert.

2. From the Results page, click on the title of a record to go to the Full Record page.

3. Click the Create Citation Alert button to go to the My Cited Articles List - Save Confirmation page.

4. Click OK to create the citation alert for the current record and to return to the Full Record page.

5. Click the My Citation Alerts link at the top of the window to go to the My Cited Articles List page to see the record of the article for which you created the citation alert.

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Interface Language

The interface language that you select determines the language of the on-screen instructions and help information. Consequently, search queries must always be in English. The results of your search are always in English.

See Selecting an Inteface Language for more information.

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Caution

Do not use field tags in Search fields. For example, trying to use TS= in the Topic field to perform a Topic search will not work.

The use of field tags is not supported and will cause unpredictable retrieval of results. If you wish to use field tags in your search, go to the Advanced Search page where field tags are allowed.

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Search Operator Precedence

If you use different operators in your search, the search is processed according to this order of precedence:

1. NEAR/x
2. SAME
3. NOT
4. AND
5. OR

More Information?

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Did You Know ...

The default search limits are:

All languages
All publication types
All citation subsets
All age groups
All species
All genders
All databanks

Selected limits stay in effect until you clear them by clicking the Clear button.