Web of Knowledge Enhancements

Below the search boxes, you can select the time span at the outset of your search.
There is an option to “Adjust your search settings,” including a new “lemmatization” feature that is On by default; this searches automatically for alternate spellings such as US and UK variants.
You can now easily select your number of results per page instead of having to scroll down.
It’s also easy to select your sort option right at the start.
If you don’t already have a Web of Knowledge account, do register because you can then save these options as defaults when you sign in. I’ve set mine to open to All Databases and to show 50 results per page not 10.

Author Finder has been improved. You will also be able to search for ResearcherID numbers. If you haven’t already discovered this, it is a free resource (http://www.researcherid.com) that lets authors go through search results and claim all their papers. This is especially useful for those who have common names, or have published under different names or even just different variations (e.g., A. Smith, A. R. Smith).
Left-hand truncation has been added. Just as you have always been able to add an * after a shortened search tern, now you can put an * in front and find all those variations.
There is now a Near operator; if you want to find two terms that are in close proximity in your search results, you can enter them with Near/ plus the maximum number of words you want to be between the terms. E.g., “carbon Near/5 atmosphere” will find all instances where “carbon” appears within 5 words of “atmosphere.”
Stop words have been eliminated; you can now search for Vitamin A and get results.
No more record limits in Record Counts or Refine Results.
In search results there is now an icon that lets you look at the abstract without leaving the Results page. (It may be a bit slow; be patient.)
The Marked List now works across all databases, and you can take your List and create and analyze results, produce Citation Reports, etc.