Access to Science Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Search
December 4, 2004

Due to budget constraints and the high cost of the print version, the UAMS Library has made the difficult decision to drop Science Citation Index. To ease the loss of this valuable reference tool, the following options are now available for individuals needing citation searches.

UAMS Faculty, Staff & Students may conduct the search personally or request a mediated citation search through Reference.

Patron Search – The Reference Dept. will provide a web page with a link to DialogSelect whereby the patron can search SCI, SSCI or A&HS and charge it to a credit card. The web page will include help sheets and tips. DialogSelect has a fill-in-the-blank form, is easy to use and incurs no Internet or DialUnit fees. There are no passwords, monthly fees or minimum charges. Conducting searches and displaying title lists of search results is free. Users are charged only for full records. As of November 19, 2004, the DialogSelect per record fees under Open Access for each database are:

• SCI – $7.45 each.
• SSCI – $6.95 each
• A&HS – $6.20 each

Benefits

• Patrons will be able to do their own online searches (including staff & students).
• Estimating final cost will be more accurate based on total # of records retrieved.
• Expanded access to other citation databases (SSCI and A&HS) will be available.
• Patrons can conduct searches at the immediate point of need.
• Searching is easier and does not require use of command language searching.

  Disclaimer – Published articles occasionally incorrectly cite references. Incorrect citation information can lead to inaccurate results in # of times cited. Mediated searches done by librarians use more sophisticated search methods which improves retrieval. Please consult with a reference librarian if you have any questions. The Reference Desk phone number is 686-6734.

 

Mediated Searches – Searches conducted by reference librarian.

• Basic Search – Reference librarians will search SCI, SSCI or A&HS through Dialog and obtain the total # of times an article has been cited. Fees = A $25 base search fee will be added to any Dialog fees incurred. These will be charged back to the patron.
  
• Advanced Search – Reference librarians will search SCI, SSCI or A&HS through Dialog and obtain total # of times cited and pull down full records as requested. Fees = A $50 base search fee will be added to any Dialog fees incurred. These will be charged back to the patron. Note: The base search fee of $25 will be waived if the Basic Search has already been run for the same citation(s). The patron will only be charged for online connect time and per record charges.

  Benefits

  • Staff and Students will have now have access to mediated searches.
  • Mediated searches will now include A&HS in addition to SCI and SSCI.
  • Librarians conduct the search using more sophisticated command language methods.

Non-UAMS Faculty & Students [part of the UA System]

Patron Search – Non-UAMS individuals are welcome to use our web page with links to DialogSelect and tips sheets.

Mediated Search – This option is not available to non-UAMS individuals.

Considerations

Other systems and resources occasionally provide “cited by” links/references. This is not an appropriate substitute for SCI due to the lack of their comprehensiveness and technical reliability.

DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS

SciSearch®: A Cited Reference Science Database is an international, multidisciplinary index to the literature of science, technology, biomedicine, and related disciplines produced by Thomson (ISI®). SciSearch contains all of the records published in the Science Citation Index® (SCI®), plus additional records in engineering technology, physical sciences, agriculture, biology, environmental sciences, clinical medicine, and the life sciences. SciSearch indexes all significant items (articles, review papers, meeting abstracts, letters, editorials, book reviews, correction notices, etc.) from more than 6,100 international scientific and technical journals.

SciSearch is distinguished by many important and unique characteristics. Journal evaluation and selection is conducted on an ongoing basis. Many factors are considered when evaluating journals for coverage, ranging from the qualitative to the quantitative. The journal's basic publishing standards, its editorial content, the international diversity of its authorship, and the citation data associated with it, are all considered.

Another important feature of SciSearch is citation indexing. Citation indexing allows for the searching of cited references. Since January, 1991, author abstracts, author keywords, and KeyWords PlusTM were added as searchable fields on SciSearch.

The Social SciSearch® database is an international, multidisciplinary index to the literature of the social, behavioral, and related sciences, produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI®). Social SciSearch contains all of the records published in the Social Sciences Citation Index.

Social SciSearch offers some unique information retrieval techniques. In addition to the more conventional methods, Social SciSearch offers citation indexing, which permits searching by cited references. For records added since March 1991, author keywords and KeyWords PlusTM can also be searched.

ONTAP® Social SciSearch is available for ONline Training And Practice. It contains over 30,000 selected records from 1984 and 1985.

Arts & Humanities Search® is an international, multidisciplinary database that corresponds to the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The database fully covers 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, plus relevant social and natural science journals, and has additional records from the Current Contents series of publications. For records added since January 1991, author keywords and KeyWords PlusTM may also be searched.