What is Citation Chasing?
Wikipedia is much better than a Google search when trying to find authoritative online sources. Instead of pages and pages of search results, Wikipedia articles have a list of references at the end of each article, and these references should represent a collection of good, freely available web resources. Don't just use any resource in the References list, find the references that link to open-source academic journals, books, think tanks, government data, and other types of acceptable online sources that can be used in academic research papers and projects. If a journal article is available as free full-text open source, you will the link within the Reference Page.
The reference list on the right side is from the Wikipedia Mindfulness site.
The article link below "How should clinicians engage with online health information?" is a fantastic quick read about the issue of finding health information online and on Wikipedia.
Citation Chasing from a Journal Article Reference Page
All peer-reviewed journal articles include a long list of References at the end of the article. Use your new skills to find the citations at the bottom of the peer-reviewed article that supports your QI Project Topic. This is call citation chasing.
Use the WCC Library PRIMO Smart Search to find the article with a title search, or, you can Search PubMed and limit to Free Full-Text.
The reference list on the right is from the article "Mindfulness Practices for Children and Adolescents Receiving Cancer Therapies"
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