Writing 100 (Winek)

Let's say that you are researching the effects of sleep on the academic success of college students and that you found a review article called "Let's Talk About Sleep: A Systematic Review of Psychological Interventions to Improve Sleep in College Students."

It has a ton of references, including this one:

Kelly, W.E., Kelly, K.E., and Clanton, R.C. (2001). The relationship between sleep length annd grade-point average among college students. College Student Journal, 35(1), 84-86.

How might you go about searching for it? Tracking down articles in this way is referred to as known item searching. 

Article Level Strategies

• Look for the article title in Google Scholar.  For full-text, try clicking on the article title OR look under More for UC-eLinks/Get it at UC.
• Look for the article title in UC Library Search.  Look for the green Available Online link or the request form to request the article.
• Look in regular Google.  You may be able to find on the web if someone has posted it.

Note: Some databases will also hyperlink citations, which can be very helpful. The review article mentioned at the top of this box/included below, for example, does link citations in the online version. 

Sample Materials to Locate:

"International Subcontracting and the Production of Athletic Footwear" by R. Barff, J Austen from Environment and Planning A, 1993 volume 25 (8) 1103 – 1114

"Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards-Lessons from Nike" by RM Lock, F Qin, A Brause from Industrial and Labor Relations Review Vol 61, No. 1, October 2007 pg. 3-31

Harrison, Mark, "The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison", Cambridge University Press (1998).