Learn about Web of Science. Come to the Graff Library for Web of Science Training Day on April 2nd!

The Graff Library is hosting a day to learn about Web of Science, how to use it, and the reasons for incorporating it into your research toolkit. We’ve asked Liz Pysar, Thomson Reuters Customer Education Specialist for Healthcare & Science, to teach Web of Science educational sessions on April 2nd in the Graff Library Conference Room. Ms. Pysar holds master’s degrees in library science and information systems from Drexel University, and has been employed with Thomson Reuters since 2000, working as a customer trainer since 2006.

Web of Science is a database that has been accessible through the Graff Library for many years. Science Citation Index Expanded, the database that is searched via Web of Science, is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes over 8,200 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.

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