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GY 306: Sedimentology

This guide was created in support of GY 306

Backward Citation Mining

How to Mine for Citations using a list of references:

Here are the steps to mine articles referenced by the author of the work you are working with.

1. Use the reference list of an article or book to find another potential source.

Screenshot of an article's References page.

2. Check our journal list to see if we have access to the publication.

Screenshot of the USA Journal & Book List

3. If we have the journal, use one of the full-text options to search for the article. You can search using the article's title or the author's name.

Screenshot of full text access. Screenshot of search results in SAGE.

5. If we don't have access to the journal, you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.