Citation searching: Web of Science
In psychology and many other disciplines, it is important to be able to look up who has referred to or cited the work of a particular author or a particular article or work. The Web of Science is a huge, specialised database providing access to the three citation databases
The Web of Science covers more than 8700 of the world’s most widely read journals across all disciplines. It may be used to search for articles in any discipline in a wide range of journals. Its important and specialised purpose, however, is as a citation searching tool.
Note: Like all Internet services, Web of Science is dependent on networks and machinery which sometimes behave erratically, slowly, or are unavailable for varying periods.
Citation searching in a nutshell
Citation searching enables you to find articles which has cited a particular work. For the example below, you have a copy of article 1 and you are interested in finding any published works that has cited this article. Web of Science enables you to search using the details of article 1 to find works which has cited it, such as article 2.
| 4.1 | Module 4 objectives |
| 4.2 | Citation searching: Web of Science |
| 4.3 | Accessing Web of Science |
| 4.4 | Searching Web of Science |
| 4.5 | Module 4 review |
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