Cited Reference Searching helps determine if a scholarly publication has been subsequently cited within another publication, through means of a hotlink, Index Works Cited lists, or searchable full-text.

Journal Impact Factors are generally accepted numbers used for ranking, categorizing, and comparing scholarly journals within an academic discipline. A journal's impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in that journal has been cited within a set period of time. Journals assigned the highest impact factors are perceived to have more influence on the discipline than those journals assigned lower numbers.

1. Cited Reference Searching -- or -- Who has been citing my article?

   Hot Button to Cited Sources - Research databases with a built-in "CIted By" feature (example: ISI Web of Knowledge).

   Searching Within Reference Lists -- Primarily discipline-based databases with searchable Works Cited fields (example: Sociological Abstracts).

   Searching Within Full-Text -- Research databases with searchable full-text -- search within the bibliography following every scholarly article and/or locate parenthetical references to specific works within the text (example: ABI Inform).

   World Wide Web -- Identify publications that have been cited in non-traditional sources.

2. Determining where journals are indexed -- or -- Which database do I check?
   See "Research Databases."

3. Journal Impact Factors and other variables in journal evaluation.
   See "Journal Impact Factors."

4. For more information....

5. Q & A -- Time to start searching.

      

   Workshop Contact:
   Linda Kopecky, Head, Research & Instructional Support Department, UWM Libraries, lkopecky@uwm.edu

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