Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies

The current communication presents a simple exercise with the aim of solving a singular problem: the retrieval of extremely large amounts of items in the Web of Science interface. As it is known, Web of Science interface allows a user to obtain at most 100,000 items from a single query. But what abo...

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Authors: Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo, Leydesdorff, Loet, Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida, Rousseau, Ronald, Paris, Soren W.
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Publication Date:2009
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/76297
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Keyword:Information retrieval
Search strategies
Databases
Web of Science
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spelling Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategiesArencibia-Jorge, RicardoLeydesdorff, LoetChinchilla-Rodríguez, ZaidaRousseau, RonaldParis, Soren W.Information retrievalSearch strategiesDatabasesWeb of ScienceThe current communication presents a simple exercise with the aim of solving a singular problem: the retrieval of extremely large amounts of items in the Web of Science interface. As it is known, Web of Science interface allows a user to obtain at most 100,000 items from a single query. But what about queries that achieve a result of more than 100,000 items? The exercise developed one possible way to achieve this objective. The case study is the retrieval of the entire scientific production from the United States in a specific year. Different sections of items were retrieved using the field Source of the database. Then, a simple Boolean statement was created with the aim of eliminating overlapping and to improve the accuracy of the search strategy. The importance of team work in the development of advanced search strategies was noted.Peer reviewedSwets & ZeitlingerChinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida [0000-0002-1608-4478]201320132009info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/76297reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésDOI: 10.3145/epi.2009.sep.06http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2009/septiembre/06.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/762972026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
title Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
spellingShingle Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo
Information retrieval
Search strategies
Databases
Web of Science
title_short Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
title_full Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
title_fullStr Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
title_full_unstemmed Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
title_sort Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo
Leydesdorff, Loet
Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
Rousseau, Ronald
Paris, Soren W.
author Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo
author_facet Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo
Leydesdorff, Loet
Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
Rousseau, Ronald
Paris, Soren W.
author_role author
author2 Leydesdorff, Loet
Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida
Rousseau, Ronald
Paris, Soren W.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Zaida [0000-0002-1608-4478]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Information retrieval
Search strategies
Databases
Web of Science
topic Information retrieval
Search strategies
Databases
Web of Science
description The current communication presents a simple exercise with the aim of solving a singular problem: the retrieval of extremely large amounts of items in the Web of Science interface. As it is known, Web of Science interface allows a user to obtain at most 100,000 items from a single query. But what about queries that achieve a result of more than 100,000 items? The exercise developed one possible way to achieve this objective. The case study is the retrieval of the entire scientific production from the United States in a specific year. Different sections of items were retrieved using the field Source of the database. Then, a simple Boolean statement was created with the aim of eliminating overlapping and to improve the accuracy of the search strategy. The importance of team work in the development of advanced search strategies was noted.
publishDate 2009
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv DOI: 10.3145/epi.2009.sep.06
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Swets & Zeitlinger
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