Waggoner Library: PhD Clinical Counseling; Teaching & Supervision: Deeper Research Strategies

As advanced research students, finding the right literature goes far beyond typing a few keywords into a database. Expert researchers use a variety of advanced tools and strategies to uncover the most relevant and impactful sources.

For example:

BrowZine is a great way to stay on top of current scholarship by browsing academic journals in your field.
Digging deeper, using "cited by" and "related articles" links in tools like Google Scholar or some EBSCO databases can help you follow the thread of research over time and spot influential studies you might have missed.
Setting Up Search Alerts in databases or Google Scholar is another smart move—it ensures you're notified when new research on your topic is published!
And don't overlook the power of AI-driven platforms like Research Rabbit or Elicit—these tools can surface connections between articles, suggest new directions, and help you map out the landscape of your topic.

Using these strategies not only saves time but also strengthens the quality and depth of your literature review. Click on the tabs or menu links to learn more.

Cited By links and Related Articles

In Google Scholar:

Use the Cited By option to link to more current research that has cited the article being viewed
- You can Search Within the list of Cited By articles to be more closely aligned with your topic
Use the Related articles option to see similar articles based on your search parameters
The video below illustrates how these two features work to generate more relevant research

Elicit

Elicit: The AI Research Assistant - click to begin using
Elicit searches across over 126 million academic papers (updated weekly) from Semantic Scholar, an open-source research platform, across all academic disciplines. Price: users automatically get 5,000 free credits to use. After those credits run out, users must subscribe to Elicit plus $12 monthly, billed monthly at $144 per year.
Setting up Elicit AI for Scientific Literature searches - Tutorial 1
Basic info to use Elicit free version. The video is 1 min 17 sec. You may need to authenticate using your Trevecca credentials.
Literature Search in Elicit AI -Tutorial 2
Gives a deeper understanding of Elicit results and search options. The video is 4 min 44 sec. You may need to authenticate using your Trevecca credentials.

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Inciteful

Inciteful - click to begin using
Unlike a traditional search engine, citations are the cornerstone of Inciteful. Building Inciteful uses open scholarly bibliographic data. Great tools. Price: Free
Learn Your Research Field Faster With Inciteful - Tutorial
Inciteful is a tool to help you find new research articles based on a single article. You can use Inciteful to learn your field and create network analysis maps. Use DOI numbers to execute a search. Results identified 'cited by,' include links to articles, links to top authors and journals. 6min 19 sec.

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Research Rabbit

Research Rabbit - Click to begin using
Research Rabbit unlocks a novel way to search for papers and authors, monitor new literature, visualize research landscapes, and collaborate with colleagues. View the video below to ResearchRabbit, which aims to empower researchers with powerful tech - starting with our discovery app! Look at some of the exciting features in the app and how you can discover and visualize the most relevant papers, authors, alerts, and more!

Tips to Limit Database Results to U.S.-Based Content
Here are helpful tips on how to limit library database results to domestic or United States-published sources. You will see different ways to refine your search, such as using quotes to search for phrases, limiting by language, and making an assessment based on English language content. Also demonstrates how to limit resources in specific databases, like EBSCO, and how to use geographical options to search for United States-based content. While these methods are not foolproof, they can help narrow down your search and find resources from a USA perspective.
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Discovery Search
2:22 Database Search
4:55 Google Scholar Search

Tips to Limit Database Results to U.S.-Based Content
Here are helpful tips on how to limit library database results to domestic or United States-published sources. You will see different ways to refine your search, such as using quotes to search for phrases, limiting by language, and making an assessment based on English language content. Also demonstrates how to limit resources in specific databases, like EBSCO, and how to use geographical options to search for United States-based content. While these methods are not foolproof, they can help narrow down your search and find resources from a USA perspective.
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Discovery Search
2:22 Database Search
4:55 Google Scholar Search