Search the following databases to find sources citing journal articles and books. The first category (Citation Databases) lists databases with the capacity to search a large number of sources for cited material across disciplines.
The next categories (Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities) give databases limited to cited sources within the given discipline.
The last Category (Books) gives databases that will search for citations within books, and also the number of libraries carrying a book.
If you would like help with your citation search, please contact your library liaison.
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Citation Databases
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Scopus
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SCOPUS is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources in the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. The database also provides information on citation analysis for specific articles, authors, and journal metrics.
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Google Scholar
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Search your article. To view articles that have cited the desired article or book, click on the Cited by... link under the citation.
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Web of Science |
Available at UVM Libraries. Gives JIF (Journal Impact Factors) See Cited Reference Search for information on using this database.
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Sciences
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ACS Web Edition |
Search your article. Click Full Text HTML. Scroll to the bottom of the article to see if there are citing articles. If so, click View all # Citing Articles
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arXiv.org/ |
Search your article. Click the article. Look in the right hand column of the abstract under References & Citations for citations to the article
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JSTOR |
Search your article. A box on the right-hand side of the page will indicate how many citations of the article can be found within JSTOR. Click the link for a complete list
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PubMed |
Search your article. Click the title link to display the full citation/article. Then, from the Display drop-down menu, select Cited in PMC
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Science Direct |
Search your article. Click the Cited by icon found to the right of the screen to determine if the article has been cited in another work
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SciFinder Scholar |
To search for a particular article, use the Journal search tab, and enter the citation information for the article. Click the Citing icon for a list of citing articles
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Social Sciences
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Business Source Premier |
Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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JSTOR |
Search your article. A box on the right-hand side of the page will indicate how many citations of the article can be found within JSTOR. Click the link for a complete list
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PsycINFO |
Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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PsycARTICLES
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Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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Science Direct |
Search your article. Click the Cited by icon found to the right of the screen to determine if the article has been cited in another work
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SocINDEX with Full Text
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Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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Humanities
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America: History and Life |
Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index |
Click the Advanced Search tab. From the pull-down menu, choose cited reference. Enter the article author. Click the given reference and then search to retrieve the referring citations
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Historical Abstracts |
Click the Cited References link. Search the article. Check the box next to the article or articles. Click Find Citing Articles to view a list of articles citing the original article
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JSTOR |
Search your article. A box on the right-hand side of the page will indicate how many citations of the article can be found within JSTOR. Click the link for a complete list
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Books
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Google Books |
Search by entering the author’s last name followed by the entire title of the book or journal article in quotation marks. The first result is the original book, and the following results appear to cite it
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WorldCat |
Search for the book title. Look underneath the title for "Libraries Worldwide." The number of libraries that have the book will be given. |