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Current Contents Connect is a multidisciplinary current awareness resource providing access to bibliographic information of over 8,000 scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. You can use Current Contents Connect to:
- Browse a journal's table of contents for current and past issues
- Search for published works by topic, author, address, journal, and more
- Save your search histories, which can be opened later and run again
- Use the alerting option to receive weekly updated results automatically by e-mail
- Link to selected, topic-related Web sites
Access
Current Contents Connect may be accessed via the World Wide Web. From the Library and Computing Services homepage follow the links to Library Resources and then to Databases. You will arrive at the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage. To take full advantage of the features of ISI Web of Knowledge it is best to sign in - first-time users will need to register. Then click on Current Contents Connect.
Searching
Search Options - There are four search options on the Welcome Page (see figure 1 below): CC Classic Search, General Search, Advanced Search, and Browse. Either CC Classic Search or General Search can be used as the "basic" search option, depending on your preference. You can also retrieve your saved search queries from a previous session by using the Open Saved Search option.
Figure 1 - Welcome Page
All available editions will be searched across all years by default. You can select other editions and/or time frames, and these limits will be applied throughout the session until you change them by returning to the welcome page or by clicking the Change Settings button on any of the search Pages.
CC Classic Search:
The default search field is Topic/Subject. Other search fields may be selected from the field selection menu.Enter search terms in the search statement box to the right of the field selection menu, or open the field term index to select terms for your search statement.
The help panel provides information about the selected field, or you can click Examples for more assistance.
Search results are displayed in the Search History table at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 2 below. Each row in the table represents a search set, consisting of a set number, number of hits, field name, and search statement. To see the results of a search, click the number in the Results column for the set you wish to view.
Figure 2 - CC Classic Search
General Search:
Enter words or phrases in one or more search fields as in Figure 3 below. If you enter terms in multiple fields, the fields are automatically combined with the AND operator and searched simultaneously.
Figure 3 - General Search
Search Tips:
- Phrases: Records will be found with the words in the order you entered them. For example, water filter matches water filter but not filter water.
- Operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used to combine terms in order to broaden or narrow your search. Using the SAME operator finds words in any order in the same sentence. For example, water SAME filter matches water filter, filter water, filter waste water, water poured through filter, etc.
- Truncation: Use the * symbol. For example, superconduct* matches superconductor, superconductors, superconductivity etc.
Advanced Search:
Use this search option to create complex searches using field tags, set combinations, or a combination of both. Each search term must be prefaced by a field tag. Each set number must be prefaced by a number (#) sign. Search terms and sets must be joined by Boolean operators.
Search Results
Summary Page – All searches eventually lead to a Summary Page of records, which leads to each record's Full Record. Up to ten records at a time are shown on the Summary Page. Click the record title to view the full record. Topic searches may also find related Web sites outside of the Current Contents Connect database, and these are accessed via the eSearch button on the Summary page, as shown in Figure 4 below.
Figure 4 - Summary Page
Full Record Page - This page is displayed when you click an article title on the Summary page. The Full Record contains detailed bibliographic information, including title, author, source information, and abstract. Clicking the journal’s title allows you to view the table of contents for that issue. Click Current Web Contents to view a list of Web sites related to the record’s discipline.
Marked List - This page displays the records you have marked during the current search session (you can mark records from the Summary page or the Full record page). From the Marked List page, you can print, save, or e-mail the records, or export them to reference software.
Saving Histories and Alerting - Search histories can be saved on the server (registered users only) or on your local workstation. Click the Save History button on the Search History page to save the current search history. You can choose to edit and add to your search statements by clicking the Edit button for the corresponding search. Edit the search statement in the search statements box, and click Search to submit the changes.Registered users can also create a search history alert which sends the results of a saved search to a specified e-mail address each week.
Browsing
Clicking Browse lets you look for journals by name or browse through the journals and Web sites in a particular edition and discipline. Only the journal issues in your selected edition(s) and time frame will be available for browsing.
My Journal List
To use My Journal List, click on Create My Journal List and Table of Contents Alerts from the ISI Web of Knowledge homepage, or select My Journal List from the drop-down list at the top of any ISI Web of Knowledge page. You will need to sign in to use this feature, which allows you to create a list of journals that you frequently consult. You can then easily browse their tables of contents or set up alerts to receive the tables of contents of recent issues by e-mail.
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