Web of Knowledge Upgrade 16th July

MIMAS are pleased to announce that Thomson Scientific will apply the following 'Q2 Upgrades 2006' on Sunday 16th July 2006, between 3.00pm - 5.00 pm - usual upgrade maintenance time.

No disruption to the service is expected however users *PLEASE NOTE* that you may lose access to any search histories that may not been saved on the server at this time.

Upgrades will include the following:

• * Revised Search Syntax - In Web of Knowledge (WoK) CrossSearch and applications.
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  The implied search operator will be changed from ADJ (adjacency) to AND in WoK CrossSearch and applications. In Title or Topic fields apply AND between user entered terms unless surrounded by quotes. This change supports contemporary (simplified) searching, in line with current search trends.
  NOTE: All saved searches will work as originally entered. If additional sets are added to the saved search, the additional sets will use the new format. The same also applies to alerts. All new saved searches/alerts will take on the new format.
• Author Finder - for Web of Science (WoS) and Current Contents Connect (CCC)
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  You will be able to distinguish between authors of similar names, helping you to find the author you are looking for faster.
  Author Finder is a quick process that helps you find papers published by a specific author. Enter a last name and first initial, then match the list of results with subject category and institution if known.
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  RSS Feeds - Users can choose to receive search and citation alerts via RSS Feeds.
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  Offers users flexibility in how they receive alerts. Librarians can feed their newsletter or other web information tools with alerts.