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Mining Citations

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Mining citations is a useful technique for uncovering additional relevant sources for your topic.

When mining citations, you take relevant articles you have already found and examine them to find even more relevant research. 

This guide outlines three methods of mining citations that can help you quickly expand your relevant research findings:

  1. Backward Citation Mining
  2. Forward Citation Mining
  3. Related Citation Mining

It also offers a list of recommended Online Citation Searchers you can use to find additional relevant resources.

Use the tabs on the left to learn about mining citations.

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