SOAN 098: Senior Research Project Master Class (SC)

• Find articles in your discipline:  Anthropology Plus and Sociological Abstracts help you find the best research in your discipline.
  • Go to:  Anthropology Focus
  • Go to:  Sociology Focus

Strategies:

• Plan Your Search
  • Keep a document with your search terms. This lets you reuse searches across different databases (e.g. Tripod and JSTOR).
  • Check the Search Terms + Skills page for help choosing search terms.
     
• Look for Downstream Research (that cites your article)
  • When you find one good article, copy its title. Paste it into Google Scholar. Click "Cited By" to see which articles and books have cited this one.
  • Example: Start with article "Latin America in the Anthropocene" --> Search Google Scholar --> Find 44 sources that cite this article