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About ISI Citation Databases on DIALOG

The following quick-start guide has been created for CSUN students and researchers.

Search cited references using ISI citation databases on DIALOG (form)

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Description

Scope

DIALOG is a database service which has access to citation databases. Limited access to DIALOG is available for registered CSUN students and faculty.

The citation databases that are available are:

• Arts & Humanities Search
• Science Citation Index (SciSearch)
• Social Sciences Citation Index (Social SciSearch)

Coverage

There is some overlap between the three citation indexes. See Dialog ISI Coverage for information

Restrictions and Software Requirements

• CSUN users (student, faculty and staff) only
• Login and password (available on the form)
• Search cited references using ISI citation databases on DIALOG (form)

Searching

Search instructions

• ? is the Truncation symbol
• Author: Be aware that other databases vary on how first name is presented Full first name or just initial(s), e.g. Pauling, Linus or Pauling, L but in the citation databases, only initial(s) are always used to identify first and middle names, for example Pauling L. Always end the search with the truncation symbol ? e.g. pauling l? or kennedy jfk? or bush gw?
• The optional subject search will search not only the subject terms but will also search words in the title.

Results

A list of titles that cite the author will be listed 10 per screen

Single citation: Click on the title for which you wish to see more information. In this version only the title of the article citing the author, date of publication of that article and subjects appear. The date may be missing from older SciSearch records.

To find the full citation for the records retrieved you will need to search one of our general databases:

• Article First (a multisubject database)
• InfoTrac Onefile (multisubject; more useful for Social SciSearch)
• Academic Search Elite (multisubject; more useful for Social SciSearch)
• Or select from a list of discipline-specific databases on Find Articles & Research Data

Related Print Resource

Arts and humanities Citation Index

Reference Room Z5937 .A795 Not currently received. 1977-1993. 1977-1984 in ASRS

Science Citation Index

Floor3 Folio/Oversize Ref Z7401 .S365 Not currently received. 1962-1993. 1986-1993 in Ref Room

Social Sciences Citation Index

Reference Room Z7161 .S65 Not currently received. 1966/70-1999.

Related Online Resource

The full version of the Arts & Humanities Search is available through FirstSearch2