Citation searching and/or footnote chasing are supported in a variety of ways by databases that the library subscribes to as well as freely available databases.
| Databases | Citation searching | Link to citing references | Footnote chasing | Other | |
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| ProQuest databases | Some ProQuest databases. | From both the results list and the document view, "Cited by [n]" links to citing materials. | "References" links to items cited in a given work. | "Documents with shared references" lists other materials that cite some of the same items that the given one does. | |
Some enhanced ProQuest databases.
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The advanced search allows searching in the following fields: Reference, Cited author, Cited document title, Cited publication date, and Cited publication title. | From both the results list and the document view, "Cited by [n]" links to citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | "Documents with shared references" lists other materials that cite some of the same items that the given one does. | |
| Ebook Central. | Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | From the results list, "Cited by [n]" links to citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
| EBSCO databases | Some EBSCO databases.
For more information, see Cited References, EBSCO. |
Citation searching is available through "Cited References" (in the blue bar at the top). Follow instructions there. | From both the results list and the document view, "Times Cited in this Database" links to citing materials. | ||
| Other databases | Compass. Best Bet | Citation searching is available from the results list or from the record of the cited item. | From either the results list or the item's record, click on  |
From either the results list or the item's record, click on  |
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| Scopus. Best Bet | Citation searching is available by choosing the "References" field in the "Search within" drop-down. | From the document view, citing materials are listed under "Cited by [n] documents". | From the document view, references are listed under "References". | ||
| ScienceDirect. | The advanced search allows searching in a "References" field (under "Show all fields"). | From the document view, "Cited by [n]" links to citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
| ACM Digital Library | From the document view, citing materials are listed under the Bibliometrics & Citations button  > Citations (Cited by). |
From the document view, references are listed under "References". | |||
| Nexis Uni. | Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | From the document view, "Citing Decisions", "Shepardize® this document", or "Other Citing Sources" link to citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
| Westlaw. | Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | From the document view, the "Citing References" tab lists citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
| HeinOnline > Law Journal Library. | Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | From the results view, "Cited by [n] Articles" links to citing articles. From the document view, the ScholarCheck drop-down button  (above the table of contents on the left) links to citing materials. |
References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
| Google Scholar. | Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | From the results list, "Cited by [n]" links to citing materials. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | ||
Other fulltext databases (entirely or in part) such as:
* See also above for other options. |
Notes and bibliographies are fulltext-searchable. | References are available as a part of any fulltext items. | |||
| Databases | Citation searching | Link to citing references | Footnote chasing | Other |
