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How to use LibrarySearch

A guide to using the University of Toronto Libraries’ search tool

Follow citation trails

Citation trails may be available for some articles in LibrarySearch. A citation trail is one way to describe a search that:

  • Examines the bibliography, references or works cited section of a specific article to identify relevant sources published previously. This is sometimes called Backwards Searching.
  • Identifies any sources that have cited or referenced a specific article since that article's publication. This is sometimes called Forwards Searching. 

When citation trails are available, the buttons will be visible immediately below the article information in the results list, or at the bottom of the full record. 

Citation trail buttons are indicated in green

Click "Articles citing this" for relevant sources published since or "Cited in this article" to find relevant sources published previously. One trail leads to sources that cite the work (Articles citing this). The other trail lists the references cited in the work (Cited in this article).

"Articles citing this" option is indicated in green

Articles cited in this article search results with the "Cited in the article" functionality in highlighted in green

Citation trail tools may not include all citations to or from a given work. Find out more about Citation Trails. 

 

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