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1. LEVERAGING EXISTING
SOURCES

2. Sources often contain information that can be
used to find other relevant sources:
z You may
also want to
try the same
search terms
(that found
your source) in
another
database
List of
References
Subject
List/
Controlled
Vocabulary
Keywords
used in
Abstract,
Title, or
Full Text

3. In addition, each source is linked to other sources
through their lists of references:
z Databases
that track who
references
whom are
called “citation
indexes”
SOURCE
References
OLDER SOURCESNEWER SOURCES
• You can use these links to find related sources.

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