Finding peer reviewers is a task of widening interest. Particularly now that many funding agencies are stressing cross-disciplinary research efforts, finding and evaluating peer reviewers is a more challenging task. The author developed a workshop that all new program officers at NSF would attend on how to use standard library resources to quickly and easily find and evaluate possible peer reviewers, even if the subject area is unfamiliar. These program officers come to NSF as highly sophisticated users of standard databases, having used them throughout their careers as scientists. But what they have not done is viewed these tools through this particular lens. Web of Science and Scopus both offer a wealth of incredible features for this task. These databases are so powerful, flexible, and elegant that they have abilities you never even dreamed were available. This article gives you a quick walk through some of the special features that can make this task simple and effective for you and your patrons.
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