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PSY 498: Experimental Psychology

Using Citations to find other Relevant Articles

You can use citations listed in a reference list of a relevant article to find additional useful articles (tracing backward for earlier articles). For example, this article:

Liu, K., Duan, Y., & Wang, Y. (2021). The effectiveness of a web-based positive psychology intervention in enhancing college students’ mental well-being. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal49(8), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.10459

cites in its bibliography the following article:

To locate an article, search for the title in the search box on the library's homepage. Use Interlibrary Loan if we don't have it.

 

If you find a relevant article that is too old, you can find out what newer articles cited it, using Google Scholar (tracing forward) since a citing article is often about a similar topic. For example:

Click on the "Cited by" to see newer articles that cite this article, then you can search within those to find the most relevant articles: