Monday, September 01, 2008

Following the Citation Trail



Finding who has cited a particular article has always been useful in the process of research. We have two database collections that do just that: CSA and now ProQuest. If an article has been cited in other articles, a "Cited By" link will appear, allowing you to link to the other articles.
ProQuest recently added this feature and there are two reasons why this feature is so useful.
-A heavily cited article in a given field is proven to be influential and important.
-The "cited by" link gives you access to more articles which may be related to your topic.