Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection

Powered by Clarivate, the Web of Science Core Collection database is a collection of several cross-searchable databases:

• Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present)
• Social Science Citation Index (1900-present)
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
• Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present)
• Book Citation Index (2005-present)
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present)
• Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present)

You can search one or more of these databases from the Web of Science interface.

The benefits of searching this citation collection is that one can search for current and retrospective information successfully in over 20,000 peer-reviewed scholarly journals (including Open Access journals), covering science, social sciences, and humanities. It also includes 50,000 books, and over 160,000 conference proceedings. The Web of Science collection is particularly good for citation searching, that is, to discover how many times a particular author or article has been cited and by whom, and to locate later works which cite a specific article, allowing one to trace the development of a particular research path. It is important to note that this database covers what the vendor considers to be the "best" journals; the focus is on indexing English language sources. 

If you are looking to mine the large amount of data available from this source, the Library does have the database data in XML format. To request access to these XML files, please send an email to the Digital Scholarship Hub at library-ds@umich.edu.

To connect to the Web of Science database, start at the Library's home page. In the search box, type "web of science," and follow the database link. If you are off campus or using MWireless on campus, you will be prompted to log in with your U-M credentials. Access to this database is limited to the U-M community and guests visiting U-M libraries.