For example, if you have a research article in hand and you want to know what research has built upon it, or whether any research has refuted it, you can use citation indexing to trace this path through time. Coverage is from acoustics and aeronautics to surgery and zoology. Not only are scientific topics covered in full, many related areas are covered as well. Over 3000 journals are indexed in depth. About 250 books are noted.
Coverage is of the complete social sciences from anthropology to urban planning and development.
The SSCI is particularly useful for questions on community problems and business and statistical questions. All significant words in the title are matched with all other significant words in the title. Use this volume to search specific subject areas. To use this index, think of words, word phrases, and word pairs likely to appear in titles related to your research topic. If you want every unique title that includes your chosen term, select only items marked with an arrow.