Monday, 21 July 2014

Tracking specific papers

In our help sessions on keeping track of your reading, we mention the importance of keeping track of key papers and knowing when they have been cited by other researchers.  Did you know that our database search tools will also often allow you to set up alerts, so that you are informed when a specific paper is referenced by another?  So, if you have recently published a journal article, you could set up an email alert to let you know if someone else publishes research that cites it.  Alternatively, you could set up an alert for any article that is central to your research.  One key search tool to offer this is Web of Science.  If you are interested in how this works, check out their short help video:

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