You were given five articles from the ACS database that deal with molecular conductance experiments. Now you have to 10 related articles. You will be looking for molecules in these articles and reporting in the spreadsheet the conductance experiments that have been done on these molecules.
One of the easiest ways find related articles is to see if other researchers have cited the article in their own research. If they have, that means their research is very likely dealing with similar concepts. You can use the DOI of the articles you have in hand to search for articles that have cited that paper.
Since most of the articles you have been given came from the ACS database, you can also search for additional articles in Academic Search Complete and Science Direct using the keyword "molecular conductance" or an author name.
Using ACS to Find Related Articles
- In the ACS database simply copy the DOI from your article and paste it into the search box.
- The article you have will be displayed. Scroll down to the bottom of the article.
- After References you'll see Cited by and a list of other articles in which that article was cited.
Using Google Scholar to Find Related Articles
- Go to https://scholar.google.com
- Copy the DOI from your article and paste it into the search box. If you don’t have a DOI, enter title.
- Click on Cited by link for list of articles.
- If a link appears on the right, you can get the full-text of the article.
Using Science Direct to Find Related Articles
- In Science Direct it's best to do an author search or keyword search because if the article you have in hand was published by ACS, it probably won't be in Science Direct. Science Direct contains only Elsevier journals.
- Limit your results to Subscribed Journals so you will only see full-text content.
- Click on the title of the article you're interested.
- In the right column you'll see links for additional Recommended Articles and Citing Articles.
Using Academic Search Complete to Find Related Articles
- In Academic Search Complete it's best to do an author search or keyword search. You can combine the author's last name with a keyword from your original article.
- Limit your results to Full-Text so you will be able to see the entire article.
