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FYSP 068 — Minds, Machines, and God

A introduction to research strategies, and to library resources and services.

Cited-reference and citing-reference searches

When you are viewing a resource listing, it can be very useful to look for other relevant resources among:

  • cited references (other works cited in this resource); and 
  • citing references (other works that cite this resource)

The platforms Web of Science and Google Scholar have enhanced cited-reference search functionality.
Note: Web of Science indexes plenty of arts and humanities content at this point, so it’s a good option for almost any subject!

Records in either database will include browsable citing references (Cited by in Google Scholar; Citations in Web of Science).
Note: Counts in Google Scholar will tend to be higher; Google Scholar tends to index resources regardless of access, whereas Web of Science prioritizes those resources for which it is able to provide a complete citation, or better yet, an abstract.

Web of Science will generate a hyperlinked list of Cited References, although it often will not be able to supply a link for all cited references.

In Web of Science, you can perform a cited-reference search by changing the search type from Document to Cited References.