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Additional Resources Containing Citation Tracking Data

UWS Subscribed Resources

The following table lists the major databases available through the UWS Library where some form of citation tracking is possible. The list is changeable as resources develop. From within each database look for the Cited Reference or Reference search option.

Database Instructions
Academic OneFile Click into Advanced Search, enter the citing author's name and article title in separate search boxes and select Entire Document from each drop down menu. Citing articles will be listed if available. Also note if the citing journal has an impact factor a link is provided to the Journal Citation Reports record for that journal.
ACM Digital Library Click into Advanced Search and perform a search for the required article. If it is cited within this database there will be a link to citings listed under Additional Information.
Cambridge Journals Online Click on Advanced Search and enter the title of the article and the author's name in separate search boxes and select Abstract from the drop down menu. Cited by Article link is displayed.
CSA incorporating all the Sage Full text Collections, and Communication, Social Services and Sociological Abstracts Conduct a search from within Advanced Search. Cited By information is listed where available.
Ebsco Megafile Premier incorporating Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, CINAHL (with Full Text) and PsycINFO Click on the Times Cited in this Database tab.
Emerald Fulltext Click on Advanced Search and enter author's name or article title. From within the article a link to Articles Citing this Article if available is at the end of the abstract.
HighWire, Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries Conduct search. Click into the abstract of an article of interest. Citing articles will be listed after the abstract under the heading This title has been cited by other articles.
IEEE Xplore Click on Author Search and search for required author. From results select AbstractPlus. At the bottom of the page view Citing Documents
Informaworld Click on Advanced Search then onto Citation Search. Enter article details (does not perform author searches). When the article is retrieved click into View Citations to retrieve citing articles.
IngentaConnect Conduct search. The Articles that cite this article? link is located between the abstract and the keywords within each record.
Journals@OVID incorporating Agricola, CAB Abstracts, Food Science and Technology Astracts, OVID Medline and SportsDiscus Click on Find Citation tab. To view citing articles click on Find Citing Articles link.
MathsSciNet Click on Author Citations and enter author's name. Contains citations for books and journal articles. Also available is a Top 10 list of books, journal articles and journals cited in the database
Project Muse Click on Advanced Search and enter the title of the article and the author's name in separate search boxes and select Article Text from the drop down menu. At the end of the retrieved article click into Works or Literature Cited List
ProQuest databases Perform a search. If an article is cited within this database it will be indicated on the search page, and also within the record.
Wiley Interscience Enter the title of the article and the author's name in separate search boxes and select References from the In: drop down menu.

External Resources

The following are reputable citation tracking databases that are freely available on the web.

Google Patents Allows the user to search the United States Patent and Trademark Office database by Patent Number, Inventor or classification code. Citing information can also be tracked.

Citeseer contains scholarly material from the fields of Computer and Information Science. It is a useful site to gather citations from hard to obtain sources such as preprints, white papers and government reports. It searches the web, specialising in open access repositories.

For further information contact the Research Services Librarian