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Web of Science Platform

A guide to using the Web of Science databases

Web of Science

Web of Science is a platform consisting of several literature search databases designed to support scientific and scholarly research.

Argonne's Web of Science subscription includes access to the following databases:

  • Web of Science Core Collection (1974-present)

Search the world's leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and navigate the full citation network.

All cited references for all publications are fully indexed and searchable.

Search across all authors and all author affiliations.

Track citation activity with Citation Alerts.

See citation activity and trends graphically with Citation Report.

Use Analyze Results to identify trends and publication patterns.

  • KCI-Korean Journal Database (1980-present)

Provides access to articles from multidisciplinary journals covered in KCI. KCI is managed by the National Research Foundation of Korea and contains bibliographic information for scholarly literature published in Korea.

Search in English or Korean.

  • Medline (1966-present)

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database.

Explore biomedicine and life sciences, bioengineering, public health, clinical care, and plant and animal science.

Search precisely with MeSH terms and CAS registry numbers.

Link to NCBI databases and PubMed Related Articles.

  • SciELO Citation Index (2002-present)

Provides scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities published in leading open access journals from Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and South Africa.

Search in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.