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Cited
references are the articles, books and other resources listed in a bibliography
or "Works Cited" list, or in journal
articles, a "References" list (example at right). Locating cited
references is useful for finding current articles on a topic, identifying
the top researchers in a field, and for tenure decisions. The ISI databases
-- SciSearch, Social SciSearch, A&H Search -- were the first databases
to identify cited references; however, cited reference searching is also available
in indexes such as CINAHL, Communication and Mass Media Index, Sociological
Abstracts, Elsevier Science Direct as well as any full-text searchable database.
Any full text databasemay offer the possibility of retrieving
items cited in the bibliography that match the search strategy keywords. Oviatt
library provides access to the following:
Guidelines
Cited reference searching should have a search strategy broad enough to allow
for the following pitfalls.
- Search results depend on the content in the database. If a journal that
cited a particular work is not indexed by the database, then a reference
to your work will not appear in your search results. Check to see which
databases index journals that cover your topic. In addition
to the ISI databases, some of the databases listed at the top, such as CINAHL,
may offer additional cited reference coverage.
- Search all permutations of the cited author's name: last name; last name
and first initial; last name, first and middle initials.
- For some articles, only the first author may be indexed. If someone is
the second or third author, remember you should also search by the lead
author to locate the cited references.
- Journals use different formats for articles cited. Beware of inconsistency
in citation format such as misspellings, incorrect years or volume numbers.
Citation databases and indexes are minimally edited.
- Cited reference searching works best for references to periodical articles.
- If you locate only a few or no cited references to an article, consider
whether the research may be too recent.
Search Tips for Specific Databases with Cited Reference Searching
Jump to:
ISI
Citation Indexes (including SciSearch,
Social SciSearch, Arts
& Humanities):
(link to ISI Citation Indexes Dialog search form)
- Check the ISI
Journal list to see if appropriate journals are included in
the database
- Personal names, titles of works and other information appears with
a variety of spellings and misspellings! Search spelling variations
by using the truncation symbol, the question mark (?).
Use the question mark at the root ending of a word, e.g. teen?
- Search Results display minimum information but will give total number
of cited references and the citing article's title. If you need to
identify the full reference, do a title search on specific databases
appropriate for your subject, or on ArticleFirst,
or a subject-specific Multisearch, which allows you to search up to 10 databases simultaneously (go to Find Articles & Research Data for subject-specific Multisearch links).
- Note the Benefits: This
extra step to identify the full citation may also retrieve the article
itself, as well as additional relevant articles.
|CINAHL
(on EbscoHost)
(link to CINAHL)
To search cited references, select the "Cited References" link
in the CINAHL toolbar:
|PsycINFO (on
EbscoHost )
(link to PsycINFO)
PsychINFO
indexes over 1900 journals, but for the most part has been including
cited references only since 1991.
- To search cited references, click the Cited References button,
visible in both Basic and Advanced Search tabs.
- Search by Cited Author, Cited Source, Cited Title, Cited Date, or All
Citation Fields. Use the format Lastname
Initial Initial when searching by Cited Author.
- In the results screen, check boxes next to selected articles and click
the Find
Citing Articles button to
view a list of sources that cite them.
- In the "Citing Articles" screen, click the Cited
References link to view all the references given in a specific
citing article.
Sociological
Abstracts (CSA)
(link to Sociological Abstracts)
- Set the field chooser on the far right to References, RE= and
type in the author name(s) and/or title for which you wish to
find citations.
- Click
on individual items in the results list to view references
citing the author or title you searched. Click the "Cited
by [NUMBER]" link next to the citation to find
more articles containing that citation.
![list of references also pick up the Cited by [number]](images/CSA2.gif)
|Science
Direct
(link to Science Direct)
Search within References to locate journal articles that have
cited an article, patent or conference paper. For some articles published
by Elsevier Group, use the Cited by link in the full record display
to locate newer article(s) that have cited that article. This feature
is an exact word match in the reference list of each article. The result
of this search is heavily dependent that the reference is entered identically
into the database. It is important to try all possible formats. To begin,
click on All Sources then search the References
|Communication
and Mass Media Index (CMMI) an EbscoHost
(link to Communication and Mass Media Index)
- From a list of search results: *"Cited References" links are provided
for all peer-reviewed journals considered "core" in CMMI. Select the
link "Cited References" to see the references and/or find additional
articles that cited the same reference.
- Reference Searching: Click
"Cited References" to search for articles by cited references.
|SciFinder Scholar's Chemical Abstracts
(link to SciFinder client download page)
- From the list of search results, select the reference(s) you want to
trace, then click the Get Related. . . button.
- In the popup menu, click the Citing References button.
PubMed
Central (PMC) and PubMed
(link to PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed)
PubMed Central (PMC) is a full-text
database. To search
for references cited in the full text articles,
- Select PMC in the drop-down databases menu next to the main search box.
- Click the Preview/Index tab, then set the drop down "search field" menu
to Reference or Reference Author.
- Type search terms in the adjacent text box (for author, type author’s
last name first initial(s)) and click the Preview button.
Preview will display the search strategy in the main search box and link
its retrieval under the "Most Recent Queries" section of the page. You
can add multiple terms to a single search by clicking the AND, OR,
or NOT buttons.
- Click the Go button in the main search box to view the
search results.
Example: PMC search for Reference Author pauling
l AND Reference vitamin
c:
You
cannot search cited references in PubMed directly, but you can find citations
and citing articles available in PMC.
- Click the Links link
to the right of an item in the results list. A links menu will pop
up; the available link choices will vary.
- Clicking Cited Articles will display a list of articles
cited in the item that are available as full-text in PMC. Clicking Cited
in PMC will display a list of articles citing the item that are
available as full-text in PMC.
Example: PubMed Search results for pauling l :
|Google Scholar
(link to Google Scholar)
The following is a sample retrieval. Note the link at the end which
states:"Cited by" and gives a number.
[CITATION] The Nature of the Chemical Bond-Web Search L
Pauling, RB Corey
Cited by 2455 Ithaca:
Cornell Univ. Press, 1960
|Search Engines
(link to Internet Search Engines)
Search the author's last name, first name (or initial(s)) in various
Internet search engines to find out if anyone is referencing the author
in web pages such as bibliographies, course reading lists.
Cited Reference Tutorials on the web
Several libraries have created helpful web pages guiding their own patrons
on how to find cited references. These may be helpful but remember to return
to Oviatt library's
databases to search CSUN resources.
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