How to conduct cited reference searches
- Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Available through the Web of Knowledge. Search through current and historical literature in the social sciences, and perform cited reference searching to see who has cite a particular document. Covers 1898 - current.
Note: To do cited reference searching, click on "cited reference search," fill in an author's last name and publication date, figure out which of the resulting list of citations match the work you're looking for, and then "finish search" to see who has cited that work. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations and the full text)
Use Google's special academic search to locate scholarly articles from across disciplines. On campus, the preferences are set to indicate the Library's full-text access to what you find (links on the right). Use the "cited by" link to see who has cited a particular work you're interested in. - Catalyst This link opens in a new window
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Search the collections of Carleton and St. Olaf College libraries.
4 Ways to use One Source
You can use one secondary sources (book, article) four ways!
- Go back in time: look at its footnotes and bibliography
- Forward in time: do Cited By searching
- Subjects: look for other sources with similar topics / subjects
- Methods: look for other sources that use similar methods
