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Some databases have gone one step further by automating the process to locate similar or related research. This feature is typically distinguished by a link to "similar articles", "related articles", “recommended articles” or "find more like this." Click on these links to pull up results that may be similar to your original article.
Below is a comprehensive list of Library databases with accompanying screenshots which provide links to similar, related, or recommended articles.
Content: Literature review database covering psychology, sociology, anthropology, environment and resources, law and social science, political science, and public health.
Purpose: Provides articles that synthesize primary research and discuss the topic in historical context. Discover seminal works and literature gaps.
Special Features: Multimedia and supplemental materials.
This database provides links to MORE LIKE THIS as well as USERS ALSO READ. With these two options, you can view similar articles or take a look at what readers of your original article are also reading.
Directly below these options there is a third option to FIND RELATED REVIEWS. You may search for articles by the same author(s) or articles which contain the same keywords.
Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.
Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
In NavigatorSearch and the EBSCOhost databases, this feature is called “Find Similar Results” and is available on the left-hand side of the screen, as shown below.
Note that when you click on the “Find Similar Results” link, Roadrunner (or EBSCOhost) will not keep any applied limiters, such as full text or scholarly/peer reviewed journals. You will need to add those back to your search on the results screen. Often times, this method of finding similar or related research results in an overwhelming number of hits. However, results are ranked by relevancy which means that the most similar articles should appear at the top of your list of results.
Content: Ebooks, journals, and conference proceedings related to education and instruction.
Purpose: Informs users of trends and theories regarding education and instruction.
Special Features: Users may explore topics or search for particular formats.
Content: Collection of more than 30 Proquest subject-specific databases covering Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
Purpose: Students can view a massive amount of peer-reviewed research across multiple disciplines.
Special Features: Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as read-aloud feature.
Content: Strong in psychiatric reference materials, but also including some journals. Includes the DSM Library.
Purpose: Use when researching psychiatry, mental health, and behavioral science topics.
Special Features: Includes the DSM-5 manual
Related content is available from the right hand panel and includes editorials, articles, books, topic collections, psychiatric news, APA guidelines, and PubMed articles.
Content: Elsevier’s science database covering computer science, health science, and social sciences. Contains peer-reviewed and open-access journal articles and book chapters.
Purpose: A great resource that covers foundational science to new and novel research.
Special Features: Covers theoretical and practical aspects of physical, life, health, and social sciences.
ScienceDirect features hyperlinks to "Recommended articles" and "Related reference work articles". Recommended articles are determined using a form of collaborative filtering where articles that have been read, within a limited time window, by readers of the current article are selected. Order of presentation is based on recentness, overall popularity and reputation of the articles. Related reference work articles will display reference work entries such as handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries related to your original article.
Contents: Scholarly journals and other resources covering science, technology, business, engineering, medicine, and the social sciences, 1997 to present
Purpose: Millions of scientific documents on a large variety of disciplines.
Special Features: Browse by discipline or keyword search. Filter results by article, book chapter, reference book, discipline, and sub-discipline. Coverage for most journals is from the first issue to the current issue.
Content: Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all disciplines.
Special Features: Browse by topic or keyword search.
Content: Citations and articles in multi-disciplines not found through a NavigatorSearch.
Purpose: Used to conduct topic searches as well as find additional resources that have cited a specific resource (citation network).
Content: Scholarly journals, e-books, and reference materials.
Purpose: Subject areas include Anthropology, Business, Economics, Finance, Geography, Family Studies, Law, Management, and Psychology.
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
To make searching in Google Scholar more effective, we recommend linking your Google Scholar account to NU Library. See our Google Scholar FAQ for instructions on how to do so.
