Web of Science, Scopus, and Classical Online: Philosophies of Searching

摘要

Elsevier's introduction of Scopus in November 2004 clearly had Thomson's Web of Science in its sights. As direct competitors, the two products share interesting features, probably because of Elsevier's "user-centered design" approach to Scopus' development. It relied heavily on the opinions of more than 300 searchers and information professionals, people thoroughly familiar with Web of Science who had adapted their ways of working and search procedures to the Thomson product. Web of Science is an archetype of an information product, one that sets the standard for scientific searching.