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UROC Summer Undergraduate Research Institute Library Guide

Search Tools with Citation Networks

Activity #1: Post-Video Exploration

a. According to Web of Science, how many times has "The Importance of Walking to Public Health" (Lee, Bucher) been cited?
260 times: 3 votes (6.98%)
300 times: 0 votes (0%)
334 times: 0 votes (0%)
363 times: 40 votes (93.02%)
382 times: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 43
b. According to Google Scholar, how many times has "The Importance of Walking to Public Health" (Lee, Bucher) been cited?
703 times: 1 votes (2.7%)
737 times: 34 votes (91.89%)
768 times: 1 votes (2.7%)
782 times: 1 votes (2.7%)
799 times: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 37

c. Return to UC Library Search. When you search for "The Importance of Walking to Public Health", do ALL the results on search results page have citation trails? (Hint: Look for those red arrows.) Why do you think this is (or isn't) the case?

Locating Faculty Research

Sample: Rudy Ortiz

Sample: Crystal Kolden

It is helpful to know their area of expertise especially for common names.

  • Author (use last name)
  • Affiliation (use University of California Merced)
  • Search

"The state of wildfire and bushfire science: Temporal trends, research divisions and knowledge gaps" DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105797

Activity #2: Find an Article by UC Merced Faculty

Faculty Search & Networks

  1. Using Web of Science, Google Scholar or UC Library Search, locate an article by your faculty mentor. If you an unsure who your faculty mentor is, select a faculty name from this list.
    • Tonya Golash-Boaz (sociology)
    • YangQuan Chen (engineering)
    • Jessica Blois (life and environmental sciences)
  2. Look to see if citation network information is available.
  3. Hang onto the article title OR DOI for a future activity.