Testimonials

Here is what some of our customers have said about Web of Science backfiles:

Academia Sinica
"No other database [other than Web of Science with Century of Science backfiles] offers this level of accuracy and detail on such a multidisciplinary scale, giving researchers the confidence to pursue a research path without missing critical data that may change results and conclusions. For researchers, the confidence to pursue a research path without missing any critical data is essential. For this reason, Web of Science is a vital research tool that will help me to find related ideas as part of my study and article writing."

Professor Shiah
Academia Sinica
Taiwan

Kyushu University
"Our researchers need to know the worldwide trends in their fields of study; to objectively understand the influence of research. By highlighting trends and demonstrating influence, Web of Science allows our researchers to take the next step -- building a research strategy.... it also gives us the oportunity to understand 'the mainstream'. Our users access relevant, historical materials through Century of Science. They see how academic fields were born and how materials have been used."

Setsuo Arikawa, University Vice President
Kyushu University
Japan

Victoria University of Wellington
"The Century of Science is a significant online resource for our researchers and reinforces the University's commitment to build the Library's capability to support high-quality research.

"The deep backfiles, back to 1900, contain material previously unavailable from our current indexes, and combined with our growing collection of full text journal e-resources and our print collections, the Century of Science offers a powerful tool for research. This historical material has applications not only for science researchers but for humanities, historical and multi-disciplinary studies as well, with the potential to contribute significantly to our various research strands."

Melanie Mills, Electronic Collections Librarian
Margaret Ferguson, Head of Collection Services
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand

University of Delaware
"We have a great interest in the history of science and technology, so allowing researchers to search documents prior to 1945 would enhance their work in this area. There is currently nothing like this (Century of Science) available anywhere. It's truy unique."

Gregg Silvis, Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems
University of Delaware Library
USA

University of Oklahoma
"Century of Science is a very important addition to our online collections. The data the collection offers is essential information for understanding modern scientific growth and achievement in virtually every field of study. Also, in many instances, such as natural history, early sources are still cited in current research.

"And because it has been so carefully constructed by Thomson Scientific, we know that Century of Science contains essential material of use to a wide variety of researchers.

"This product is a window into the core literature from the first half of the 20th century.

"Web of Science supports linking to our numerous full-text products, so that users not only find citations to relevant literature, but find the full text of that literature. Modern scientific research requires access to historic works."

Sul H. Lee, Dean of the University Libraries
University of Oklahoma
USA