Citation Tracing - Teaching the Writing Process - WRIT 350 - Sprague - Marshall Brooks Library at Principia College

1. Use the bibliography to identify the sources that the author cites.

2. To find these sources:

- Books: Search in the library catalog, I-Share, or submit an ILL request.

- Journal Articles: Search Google Scholar and the library catalog. If we do not have the title, submit an ILL request.

1. Search for the title of the author's work in Google Scholar.

2. Click the link labeled "cited by #". This number represents the number of times that the title of this work has been cited.

3. Look through the results, skimming the abstracts for additional sources on your topic. Not all of these sources will relate to your topic.

4.To find these sources:

Books: Search (1) in the library catalog, (2) I-Share, or (3) submit an ILL request.

Journals: Search (1) Google Scholar and the library catalog, then (3) submit an ILL request.

Three types of sources that can be tough to distinguish in a bibliography are books, journal articles, and book chapters.

Example Book:

Bergquist, W. H., & Pawlak, K. (2008). Engaging the six cultures of the academy: Revised and expanded edition of the four cultures of the academy. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.

Example Book Chapter:

Morgan, G., Frost, P. J., & Pondy, L. R. (1983). Organizational symbolism. In L. R. Pondy (Ed.), Organizational symbolism (pp. 3–35). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Example Journal Article:

Ouchi, W. G., & Wilkins, A. L. (1985). Organizational culture. Annual Review of Sociology, 11(1), 457–483.

What makes each of these unique? How can you tell them apart?

Citation Tracing in Library Search

Our library search has built-in citation tracing! After entering your search terms, look for the red arrows at the top corner of each article in the results list:

The "up" arrow takes you to research that cites this article, and the "down" arrows take you to research cited in this article.