Transcript Citation Searching

CITATION
SEARCHING
Finding cited
references
Effective Research
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USE SOURCES TO FIND OTHER SOURCES
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From the Work – (aka Citation searching):
Bibliography, References Cited, Endnotes
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From the Bibliographic Record: Authors,
Titles, Subject Headings, Tables of Content, Call
Numbers, Descriptors
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From the Text: Glean keywords, persons, places,
events, professional jargon, colloquialisms, variant
spellings
CITATION MAPPING
How Does It Work
In the Library
Miss Plum
Mr. Brown
With the paper cutter
Mr. Greene
Dr. Bleau
Dr. Whyte
CITATION MAPPING
What Does It Do?
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Makes a Literature Review very easy
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Identifies Important Literature
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Leads to Primary Resources
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Identifies important reputable authors
CITATION MAPPING
What Does It Do?
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Tracks related resources regardless of vocabulary
changes
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ADHD: mental restlessness (1798), minimal brain
damage, minimal brain dysfunction, hyperkinetic
reaction of childhood (DMS-II, 1968), ADHD (DSMIII-R, 1987)
Saves time and expense from conducting research
that’s already been done.
CITATION INDEXES
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ISI Web of Knowledge http://isiwebofknowledge.com/
cited and citing references
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index
Art & Humanities Citation Index
TRIAL: masters.edu/library 
Databases/Indexes  “trial”  ISI Web of
Knowledge
CITATION INDEXES
Academic Search – cited references, times
cited. Limit search to “References available”
ProQuest Research Library – cited
references and cited by. Limit “Document
Feature” to “References
Google Scholar: Cited by references