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What is Citation Chaining

Citation Chaining is a research strategy that helps you quickly find more related studies based on what you have found. This technique is essential in your literature review process.

Learn more about citation chaining in this guide.

Citation Chaining on PowerSearch

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Click these icons near the article title or on the article record page to explore related articles.

Near article title from result list:

On the article record page:

 

Find sources cited in this article, i.e. "references"

(Backward searching)

Find sources that are citing this article 

(Forward searching)

See a sample article

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The citing or cited articles you got are those available in PowerSearch. Try multiple platforms if you want to get more exhausive results.

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