Evaluated Web sites in ISI Web of Knowledge CrossSearch

 
April 2006

As the Web continues to grow exponentially, it is more important than ever to be able to pinpoint quickly the sites that provide the most relevant and valuable data for your needs. Current Web Contents™, now available from any ISI Web of KnowledgeSM CrossSearch, helps researchers do this quickly and effectively.

The Current Web Contents module provides access to over 5,000 editorially evaluated and carefully selected Web sites in the fields of:

  • physical, chemical & earth sciences
  • agriculture, biology & environmental sciences
  • life sciences
  • clinical medicine
  • engineering
  • computing & technologies
  • arts & humanities
  • social & behavioral sciences.

With Current Web Contents, you can access valuable and relevant information concerning books, manuals, conference scheduling information, databases and databanks, and more.

Web results automatically included

Every ISI Web of Knowledge CrossSearch now includes applicable Web sites (if available) across the full range of disciplines. For example, a CrossSearch on:

  • “genomics” reveals 166 related Web sites
  • “dataset* and environment*” displays 21 relevant Web sites
  • “working paper* and social*” results in 38 Web sites with these social sciences key words
  • “reports and comput*” discovers 156 Web sites with data related to these terms
  • “reports and physic*” includes 69 related Web sites

How Web sites are evaluated and chosen

Since the familiar benchmarks used to evaluate journals — peer review, citation data, and other established journal publishing standards — are not available to evaluate Web content, Thomson Scientific has adapted specialized criteria specifically suited to Web information. These criteria include:

  • Authority
  • Accuracy
  • Currency
  • Navigation and design
  • Quality of writing
  • Applicability & content
  • Scope
  • Audience level

Quality guaranteed

Thomson Scientific Web Content Editors assure that only sites relevant to the scholarly community are included. Whether the site is a virtual library, an association or research organization Web site, a government publication, or any other site offering important topical data, Current Web Contents guarantees authenticity, relevance and timeliness. Regular checks of the full Web site collection assure that each site is still active, relevant, and accurate.

Current Web Contents is a continually growing and evolving collection — always monitored and edited to offer the most relevant, most useful scholarly Web sites available.

Additional information

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