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Advanced Library Research Methods. Cited Reference Searching Nov. 2009. Cited Reference Searching. Developed by Eugene Garfield in the early 1960’s Allows navigation forward and backward in time through the journal literature
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Advanced Library Research Methods Cited Reference Searching Nov. 2009
Cited Reference Searching Developed by Eugene Garfield in the early 1960’s Allows navigation forward and backward in time through the journal literature Discover who is citing your research, and how many times a particular work is cited Explore linkages between scholarship and research papers
Cited Reference Searching Traditional search Cited reference search 2004 paper 2003 paper 1987 paper 1993 paper 2001 2001 1996 paper 1996 paper 1982 paper 1982 paper 1957 paper 1957 paper Source: ISI
More Benefits … Find experts in a particular field of research Establish a balanced view on the history of a topic Track use of your research or a competitor’s research Expose trends in research
Caveats … Some disciplines will have much less-extensive citation index coverage than others Recent research may not be cited: the time lag or immediacy factor varies significantly in different fields Self-citing and citing review articles Federated search engine v.s. Native database
Cited Reference Searching A cited reference search may be performed using: Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Google Scholar Scopus (Elsevier)Medline (Ovid) Web of Science (Thompson Reuters)
Cited Reference Searching – Journal Article Eysenbach, G., Powell, J., Englesakis, M., Rizo, C., & Stern, A. (2004). Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: Systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions. British Medical Journal, 328, 1166-1171. Search Statement: Cited Author = Eysenbach G.Cited Work = British Medical Journal
Cited Reference Searching – LIVE DEMO Cited Reference Searching using: Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar .