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Web of Science
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary research platform which enables simultaneous cross-searching of a range of citation indexes and databases. It offers access to research tools like citation reports and cited reference searching, and personalized features such as saved searches and alerts. Web of Science includes the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Natural Sciences Citation Index.

Book Citation Index (Science)
Indexes periodicals with coverage in biology, botany, zoology, environmental studies, and related disciplines.

If you use different operators in your search, the search is processed according to this order of precedence:

Parentheses

Use parentheses to override operator precedence.he expression inside the parentheses is executed first. Examples

influenza OR flu AND avian finds records containing the word influenza. It also finds records containing both flu and avian.
(influenza OR flu) AND avian finds records containing both influenza and avian or both flu and avian.

copper OR lead AND algae finds all records in which both lead AND algae are present as well as all records in which the word copper is present.
(copper OR lead) AND algae finds all records in which the word algae is present together with either copper or lead.
(cadmium AND gill*) NOT Pisces finds records containing both cadmium and gill (or gills) but excludes records containing the word Pisces.
(salmon OR pike) NEAR/10 virus find records containing salmon or pike within 10 words of virus.