In this guide, we'll describe how you can build on your research by starting with one good article or book chapter. In a nutshell:
- You can look backward by looking at the article's bibliography. As you were reading the article, did any of its citations seem relevant to your research topic?
- You can look forward by seeing who has cited your "one good article." Because academic publishing is a slow process, this is more useful when the "one good article" is at least a year or two old.
Here's a visual way of looking at it - in the example image below, the De Wever, Schellens, Valcke, & Van Keer article is our "one good article."