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Advanced Search can be used to create complex searches using field tags (TS, AU, SO, etc.) and set combinations. Some of the searches you can execute in the Advanced Search mode are not possible using just the General Search or Cited Reference Search modes.
Searching
- Select Advanced Search from the Web of Science welcome screen.
- All 3 citation indexes will be searched from 1972 onwards, by default. Click Change Limits at the bottom of the screen to make different choices
- Choose whether to limit your search by language and/or by document type.
- Begin searching by using the appropriate field tags:
Field Tags
You can use field tags for Author, Topic, Title, Source, Address, etc. For example:Author
Enter AU=asimov i to search for articles by this author.Topic
Enter TS=(sul*ur AND nitra* AND denitri*) to search for records that include the terms sulphur (or sulfur), and nitrate or nitrates, along with the term denitrification.Title
Enter TI=(large-scale lateral heat "and" fluid transport in the seafloor) to search for this specific articleSource
Enter SO=(earth "and" planetary science letters) to search for articles in the journal Earth and Planetary Science LettersNote: When searching for an article title or a source title that contains a search operator such as AND or OR in its name, place quotation marks around that word.
An example of a search for articles written by GR Russ about the coral trout is shown below:
Your search results will appear in a Search History table and you can view your results by clicking on the number in the Results column::
The Search History table will also list all of your other search sets run during the current search session. As well as viewing results, you can also delete sets, save search statements, and open previously saved search statements.
Search History
- The Search History table can be accessed from any of the General Search, Cited Reference Search, and Advanced Search pages.
- You can use the table to combine search sets (e.g., #1 AND #2) created from any of the General Searches, Cited Reference Searches, or Advanced Searches performed during the current session.
Saved Search Histories and Alerts
Search histories can be saved so that you can rerun them later. This process can be used for General Searches, Cited Reference Searches, or Advanced Searches.
Search histories may be saved in 2 ways:
- They may be saved to a local drive (e.g., your computer's hard disk or a network drive)
- If you have signed in at the ISI Web of Knowledge welcome screen, the search history may be saved to the ISI Web of Knowledge server. Saving your search in this way has these advantages:
- You can choose to save the search history as an alert. An alert automatically searches the latest update and sends you the results by e-mail.
- You can open saved histories directly from the ISI Web of Knowledge home page
To save a search history:
1. Execute your search
2. Go to the Search History page or the Advanced Search page
3. Delete any sets that you do not want to save as part of this history
4. Click Save History
5. Follow the prompts to save your search locally or to the ISI Web of Knowledge server.Running Saved Histories
Saved histories can be opened and run from any of these 3 places:
- My Saved Searches on the Web of Science welcome page
- The Open Saved History button on the Search History page
- The Open Saved History button on the Advanced Search page
You can then open your saved search history, from either the ISI Web of Knowledge server or your local drive.
You will be asked if you want to change the database limits or file depth before re-running your saved search history.
Note that if you open a saved history from the Search History page or the Advanced Search page, any search sets you have will be replaced by the search history that you open.
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