WEEK 10 Citation Chaining

Search terms used?

              Can synesthesia be learned by training?

              synesthesia AND training

Limiters?

              Since 2012

In terms of article content, what did you find here that you have not seen in the databases?

              One thing I did noticed is that it seems to be a little easier to find the articles I want but I find it difficult to find the article in full text once I find one I like. And the limiters are limited.

How does this research process compare to the library databases? Easier? Difficult?

              I find it more difficult. Maybe it is because I am old and find using different interfaces confusing. I like to particularly like to use the library databases because I usually need peer-reviewed articles for my classes and google scholar does not seem to give me that option. Other than help with Boolean searching, there seemed to be not a lot of options for limiters.

How would you use this tool in the future?

              I probably will only use google scholar in the future as a means of guidance than as a main path and platform for research. I personally feel unsure when I use google and would rather utilize what the college provides since I am already familiar on how to navigate the databases. I did not use web of science for this assignment but I have in past assignments and I find it to be very useful but may not be a popular source of information for me in the future.

              I will definitely use citation chaining in the future because it really helps with cutting down how much time is spent on research and it broadens the information that is found for the research. Once I found one article I liked (I picked one that was general) I could find other articles faster by looking at the cited by section and the references list of the article, and I could literally keep going through the chain and find more articles that would broaden my research some more.