SW 101: Social Work and Social Justice: Chain of Research

Found a good article? Check out the articles it cites, and use database or Google Scholar tools to find articles that cite it. This helps you follow the "chain of research" on a topic and get a better idea of the research conversation.

Google Scholar can be a useful search tool, because you can search the full text of articles. Use it for these purposes:

• Locate articles when you feel stuck
• Identify a useful article, and bring it back to Clark Library databases to see how they describe it
  • You might find the database subject terms, to help you find similar articles.
• Bring an article to Google Scholar from Clark Library databases, to find newer articles that cite it.
  • Search within citing articles to make sure the newer articles are relevant.

When searching an individual database you might see "Times Cited in this Database" below a citation. Select the link to find articles that cite it. Google Scholar will give you a similar "cited by" link to find citing articles.

Use the library's link to Google Scholar to see Get it @ UP connections to full text, or change your Google Scholar settings to make the connections appear by reloading the page.