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FES/MNR 522: Research Methods in Social Science (Olsen)

This guide provides advice on how to successfully complete the library assignment for FES 522 as well as locating articles in the social science literature related to natural resources.

Assignment: Find an article citing Fluker & Turner, 2000

To complete your assignment, you will need to find and read another journal article that cites the paper listed below.

Fluker, M. R., & Turner, L. W. (2000). Needs, motivations, and expectations of commercial whitewater rafting experience. Journal of Travel Research, 38(4), 380-389.

To complete this task, you will

  • Use the Web of Science database's cited reference search
  • Search by the first author
  • Find the matching article
  • Open the articles that cite the Fluker & Turner article
  • Choose an article and open the PDF (or request the PDF through interlibrary loan)

Try Citation Searching

Once you have found some relevant or important articles on your topic, one way to expand your search is through citation searching.  Citation searching looks for all of the articles or books that have cited your initial paper since it was written.  There are two main databases you can use for this kind of search:  Web of Science and Google Scholar.  Both of these databases cover somewhat different sources, so it can be helpful to try both.

Web of Science Cited Reference Search

Select the Cited References tab. Next, search by either the author's name or the article title

Find the entry that matches the article you had in mind. Click on the number of citing articles to view the articles that cited the initial work.


Google Scholar Cited Reference Search:

screenshot of Google Scholar