ISI Web of Knowledge Backfiles
The ISI Web of Knowledge platform includes resources which provide
over a century of backfiles in the sciences, social sciences and arts and
humanities. This valuable retrospective content meets the same high quality
selection and indexing standards as the rest of the data within the Thomson
Scientific information database. It provides a breadth and depth of
coverage and search capabilities unmatched by other information providers.
See how ISI Web of Knowledge backfiles deliver the best research
information of the past...so you can create your vision for the future.
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AVAILABLE BACKFILES:
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Web of Science® from 1900
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Derwent Innovations IndexSM from 1963
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Biological Abstracts®
from 1926
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BIOSIS Previews® from
1926
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Zoological Record® from
1864
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CAB Abstracts® from 1910
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FSTA - Food Science and Technology
Abstracts® from 1969
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Inspec® from 1898
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MEDLINE® from 1950
Backfiles enhance search and analysis capabilities, and are an essential
element within ISI Web of Knowledge. Backfiles enhance:
- the volume of relevant research found by cross searching
- the connections found by cited reference searching
- the trends and patterns found by the Analyze Tool
Expand the depth and breadth of your results
Backfiles deliver an accumulation of knowledge that represents decades of
hard work, methodical inquiries and significant discoveries that still
affect the work done by today's researchers.
Explore fully --
Return to landmark studies
Researchers in every field continually return to certain landmark studies
of the past for technical details, for inspiration, for a fresh
perspective, and more.
Investigate thoroughly
-- Investigate when a hot research topic emerges in an established field
When new information changes a field's focus of research, past work can
offer immediate insight and important data.
Assess thoughtfully --
Discover how past work forms the context of today's knowledge
From experimental protocols to important syntheses of work, back years
contain the ideas and techniques that have become today's standards.
How can this powerful combination of content and tools help users reach
their research goals?
Your researchers will be able to:
- Follow the history or methodology of an idea from its first mention to
the present day
- Locate current research based on earlier patents, reports, published
works or findings
- Find similar or related records that have no obvious direct connections
- Construct an objective history of a field of study, significant
invention or discovery
- Verify the accuracy of a cited reference that is included on a paper's
list of references
- Create a list of experts within a field by tracking the scholarly links
that map scientific impact and influence
- Track the research activities of colleagues and/or competitors --
and uncover the information sources they use
Researchers at your institution need this information to produce complete
and accurate research
Five or ten years of backfiles only begin to tap the potential knowledge
available. When researchers have access to additional backfiles, they
receive a greater depth and breadth of results and can more easily see how
ideas and discoveries develop over time. ISI Web of Knowledge
provides the tools users need to conduct this essential research, including
citing information, not available through any other backfile source.
See how Web of Knowledge backfiles deliver
the best research information of the past...to help you create
your vision for the future.
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