Key Information

Tutor: Ann Brew & Nicole Urquhart (Library Services)
Duration: 1 hour workshop
Format: Live (Online, MS Teams) and Live (In-Person, South Kensington)
Course Credit (PGR only): 1 credit
Audience: Research Degree Students, Postdocs, Research Fellows

Dates

  • Tues 28 October 2025
    15:00-16:00, South Kensington
  • Mon 12 January 2026
    14:00-15:00, MS Teams
  • Tues 12 May 2026
    15:00-16:00, South Kensington

The Web of Science Core Collection database (part of the Web of Science platform) covers all areas of science including medicine, plus social sciences and humanities. It allows citation searching (locating references based on how documents have been cited) as well as traditional subject searching. Web of Science Core Collection is an important search tool and information from this database is used to generate journal Impact Factors. This hour-long hands-on workshop will introduce you to some of the key features of Web of Science.

This course is open to Research Degree Students, Postdocs & Research Fellows.

Learning Outcomes

 
On completion of this workshop you will be able to:

  • Identify which features are useful for your research.
  • Recognise the reason why citation searching is useful.
  • Employ effective result filtering techniques.
  • Develop an ability to searching the Web of Science Core Collection database, introduction to search techniques.

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