Accessing Current Contents on Web of Knowledge
Searching for references in Current Contents
Editing searches and combing search results
Search strategies
Printing, Saving and Exporting records
Saving search strategies/histories and alerts
To save the search history on the ISI server
To save the search history as an Alert
Use the Current Contents Help

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Accessing Current Contents on Web of Knowledge

From the Library's Homepage at http://www.utas.edu.au/library

• Select Databases from the menu on the left.
• Select C from the alphabetical list of databases.
• Scroll and select Current Contents Connect (ISI) from the list of databases.
• You will need to provide your University of Tasmania email name and password

From the Web of Knowledge homepage:

• Select Current Contents from the list on the left of the page.
• Opens the Current Contents homepage
• Click on the Start button on this page.
• If required, make changes to the editions and time-span limits.
• Click on the General Search button.

This opens the General Search page.

Searching for references in Current Contents

If you are using an Author(s), Source or Address search it is essential to check the Indexes for the correct wording.

• For a Topic/Subject search enter search terms or phrases in the top box . (See search strategies below for more help with combining terms, etc.)
• Click on the Search button.
• This will open a list of brief citations for the results records.
• Click on the underlined title of an item to view the full record.

Editing searches and combing search results

• Click on the General Search button at the top of the screen to edit your searches.
• Click on the Search History button to combine searches.
• You can combine searches using AND or OR. (See Search Strategies below)

Search strategies

Effective searches strategies are essential for finding relevant references on your topic. The search operators below will help in combining terms for your topic.

Boolean Operators:

Use	To
AND	Narrow search and retrieve records containing all of the words it separates.
OR	Broaden search and retrieve records containing any of the words it separates.

Wildcard Symbols:

Use	To
*	To represent any number of characters, including no characters. For example: behav* matches behaviour, behavior, behavioural, etc. Jones H* (in an Author/Editor search) also matches Jones HB; Jones Henry.
?	To represent any single character. For example: wom?n matches woman and women. organi?ation matches organization and organisation.

NB. Use brackets (  ) to combine groups of words or phrases and to show the order terms should be searched. eg. (welfare policy or welfare reform) and australia*

Printing, Saving and Exporting records

• Mark the citations that you want to print/save/export with a tick in the left box.
• Click on Submit button on the right. - Marks must be updated on each results screen.
• Click on the Marked List button at the top of the screen.
• Options for formatting and saving the records are on the Marked Records page.
• Select the Fields to be included in the records.
• Printing - Select format with or with out the field names. (Author, title, source)
• Email - Select Plain Text or html and fill in Email details.
• Records may be Exported directly into EndNote.

Use the Return button at the top left to exit this page.

Saving search strategies/histories and alerts

• Click on the Search History button at the top of the page.
• To save the search(s), click on Save History button.
• First you need to register with ISI by providing your email address and password.
• There are 3 options on the Save Search History page:

1. You can save your search(s) on the ISI server to be run by you from any computer.

2. You canset up an E-mail Alert for ISI to run the search at the top of your list.

3. You can save the search on your own computer without registering with ISI.

To save the search history on the ISI server

After entering your password details the Save Search History page opens

• Fill in the History Name with a recognisable title. - Required.
• Fill in a Description. - Optional.
• Click on the Save button.

To save the search history as an Alert

After entering your password details the Server Save page opens

• Fill in the History Name with a recognisable title. - Required.
• Fill in a Description. - Optional.
• Tick the Send Me Email Alerts box.
• Provide an email address.
• Alert Type -Select the format for the email record details
• Select an Email format..
• Select Email frequency. - Either daily, weekly or monthly.
• Click on the Save button.

NB Your search strategy will be automatically run against additions to the database and the results emailed to you. Alerts expire after 24 weeks, but may be renewed.

Use the Current Contents Help

Current Contents provides very useful Help screens that relate to the screen or function that you are currently using.