Using%20Citation%20Indexes

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Using Citation Indexes

• Ball State University Libraries

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In this tutorial

• Learn what a citation index is
• Learn how to use a citation index to
• Track citations
• Research topics
• Locate lists of article references

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What is a Citation Index?

• A citation index allows you to trace
  interconnections among authors citing papers on
  the same topic, and determine the frequency with
  which others cite a specific work (an indication
  of its importance in the literature of the
  field).

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Citation Indexes- based on disciplines

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
• Reference AI3 .A63
• Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
• Reference Z7161 .S65
• Science Citation Index (SCI)
• Reference Z7401 .S36
• Latest two years in Science-Health Science
  Library
• Older issues in Bracken Library, Reference

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Coverage

• Each index will cover either a five year time
  span or only one year. Look at the front cover
  or spine of the index to determine the years that
  it includes.

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Reading Citations

• Most citations will provide the same information
• Names of author(s)- only last name and first/
  second initials are given (EX Smith A.J.)
• Journal information
• Name of journal is always abbreviated
• Volume, Issue, Page Number

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Sample Citation
Author name
Journal Info
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Parts of Citation Index

• There are four parts to each citation index and
  each part provides different information.

• Source Index
• Citation Index
• Permuterm Subject Index
• Corporate Index

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Source Index

• Use the Source Index to find current articles by
  known authors, and to locate full bibliographic
  descriptions.
• Authors are listed alphabetically by their last
  names.

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Source Index
Article Citation
Works Cited (articles the author used in his/her
research)
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Citation Index

• Use the Citation Index to find recent articles
  which cite earlier, known works.
• The Citation Index is an alphabetical list of
  references given in bibliographies and footnotes
  of source articles, and is arranged
  alphabetically by the name of the first author.

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Citation Index
Authors article
Author name
Citing article (used Renouxs article in their
research)
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Permuterm Subject Index

• Use the Permuterm Subject Index to find current
  articles that have words of interest in their
  titles.
• To locate the full citation for current articles
  you find listed in the Permuterm Subject Index
  you will need to then look up the authors name
  in the Source Index.

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A Note on Permuterm

• What does Permuterm mean?
• The citation indexes take two important terms
  find the title of each article to include in the
  subject index. One term is the Primary term
  (most important) and this is listed first in the
  subject index. It is paired with an additional
  important term.

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Permuterm SubjectIndex
Primary Subject Term
SA see also references
Co-Terms
Author Names
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Corporate Index

• Use the Corporate Index to find current articles
  of interest when a corporate or academic
  institution is known to publish work on the
  topic.
• The Corporate Index is divided into two sections
  Geographic and Organization.

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Corporate Index-Geographic

• Items in this section are arranged by the
  location of the authors organization
• Country and city (for foreign countries)
• State and City (for United States)

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Corporate Index- Geographic
Location
Organization
Source Author Article
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Corporate Index- Organization

• This section is arranged alphabetically by the
  name of the organization and also gives their
  geographic location.
• To locate articles from these organizations you
  would then need to look them up by location.

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Corporate Index- Organization
Organization
Location
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How does it all work

• The following is an example of how one might use
  this resource.
• The topic of my paper is self-efficacy. Ill
  start by looking for articles using the Permuterm
  Subject Index.

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Permuterm subject Index

• Here is the subject listing for self-efficacy.
  Im really interested in how this topic relates
  to beliefs. I then need to take the authors
  name (Barling J) and look it up in the Source
  Index.

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Source Index

• Here is the entry in the source index for Barling
  Js article on self-efficacy and beliefs. It
  gives me the complete citation for his article
  plus all of the other works that he used in his
  research.

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Source Index

• Notice the box around Bandura A. If I want to
  see who else has used this same article in their
  research I can find Bandura in the Citation Index.

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Citation Index

• Here is the listing for Bandura in the Citation
  Index. Notice under 80 Cognitive Therapy RE
  that Barling J is listed. Two other people also
  cited this same article. I can go back to the
  Source Index and look at their articles.

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Source Index

• This is another person who cited Banduras
  article.

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Locating Items

• To locate articles at BSU Libraries
• Look for the journal title using the Libraries
  catalog CardCat
• If BSU Libraries does not have the journal volume
  you need OR you are a distance education student
  please request the article through Interlibrary
  Loan Services

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