Current Contents Connect

 

Q: How often is data added to Current Contents Connect?

A: Data is updated daily each business day. Each daily load will be cumulated under the Current Week file depth. Dates available are shown under Current Limits next to the Timespan pulldown field.

Q: How many search terms can be included in one search set?

A: Each search set can contain a maximum of fifty (50) terms separated by Boolean operators.

Q: How many records can I add to My List (marked list)?

A: A maximum of 500 records may be added to My List.

Q: How many records can I view?

A: The maximum number of records that will be returned for a search is 100,000.

Q: How can I mark a range of records?

A: You can now mark a range of records (e.g., 3 to 270) on the Summary page. To aid you in keeping track of the total number of records that are marked, the number of records marked is shown to the right of the Marked List link

Q: How can I edit a set?

A: You should go to Advanced Search in order to edit a set.

Q: What are the new search fields in CCC 3.0?

A: GP=Group Author
OG=Organization
SG=Suborganization
SA=Street Address
CI=City
PS=Province/State
CU=Country
ZP=Zip/Postal Code

Q: How can I get full text for records?

A: You can order records through Thomson Scientific ISI – Document Solution or, if available at your institution, links to available full text now display on the Summary and Results pages with your institution's OpenURL service.

Q: What is Author Finder?

A: Author Finder is a tool that makes it easier to find papers written by a particular author. This is especially true for authors that have common names. Author Finder is accessed from the products home page.

Q: How does "Search Within Results" function work?

A: The purpose of the "Search Within Results" feature is to allow users to refine their search results by entering terms into the text box that will apply a Topic search against the results in their current set of results.

Q: How do I use Author Finder?

A: Author Finder is a tool that makes it easier to find papers written by a particular author. This is especially true for authors that have common names. Author Finder is accessed from the product's home page, immediately below the Author field line.

Q: How do I use the new Analyze Records feature?

A: The results analysis extracts data values from a field you select and then produces a report showing the values in ranked order. To perform a results analysis:

1. Click the Analyze button on any Summary Results page to go to the Results Analysis page.
2. Select a field to analyze from the drop-down list box.
3. Select the number of records in the set to be analyzed. You can analyze the first 100 records, or you can analyze the entire set, up to 100,000 records.
4. Select a display option
5. Select a sort option. Record count ranks the values from high to low, according to the number of records in which each value appears. Selected field sorts the list in ascending alphabetical (A-Z) or numeric (0-9) order.

Click here for a detailed explanation about Analyze.

Q: What will happen when I combine two sets that have more than 100,000 records?

A: If a set referenced in a set combination search contains more than 100,000 records, indicated by a greater than (>) symbol, then the new set will use only the first 100,000 records.

Q: What is One-click search function?

A: The purpose of the "One-Click Search" feature is to allow users to execute a search directly from the full record. Specific terms within a full record will be hyperlinked for one-click searching.
Clicking a one-click search link will launch a search specific to the term selected (e.g., Author), and immediately display those results to the user. At the same time a new set will be created and added to the Search History.
Users can return to the previous set's full record from which they came by the use of the Back to Previous link at the top of the page.