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Citation mining (also called citation pearling) is a way to find more research by using sources you already have. You look at the references an article uses or see who has cited it since, helping you discover related studies and key authors on your topic.
Tip: Want to find Open Access articles? Select the 'Open Access' limiter on the left-hand side of your search results.
Multidisciplinary search engine of academic journals, newspapers, ebooks, and more.
Popular ProQuest databases include:
How do you know if an article is from a peer-reviewed journal? Some databases allow you to limit your search to peer-reviewed journals. For other databases, you need to look up the title of the journal in Ulrich's Directory.
2. Type the JOURNAL TITLE (not the article title) into the search box, and click the green search button. Look for the journal title in your search results.
3. In the search results, look for a referee jersey icon to indicate that a journal is refereed. Refereed means the same as peer reviewed.
4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases is peer reviewed.
REMEMBER: It's the journal that's peer reviewed/refereed, so you are looking for the journal title in your search results, NOT the article title.
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