Web of Knowledge New Features Update

Changes to topic searching.
Previously a term like global warming was searched as a phrase. Now it operates with an and so that you may retrieve the words separately and in any order within a record e.g. you will retrieve global climate change and ocean warming.

To search for a phrase place it in quotation marks. You can still use truncation in a phrase e.g. “neural network*”.

Note that previously saved searches retain their original intent. The number of these searches is displayed with pale green highlighting.

Author Finder
This is useful for differentiating between authors with the same surname and first initial. Following a 4-step process you can narrow your search by subject category and institution.

Links to this feature are below the Quick search box and on the General search screen under the Author search box.

RSS Feeds
You can now receive alerts using an RSS reader, as well as by email. You still need to be registered on Web of Knowledge to do this.

More information
Here’s a helpful training site

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