This is a great-sounding article -- but it's a little dated.
Let's explore how we can use this as a jumping off point!
Pearson, Chad. “Making the ‘City of Prosperity’: Engineers, Open-Shoppers, Americanizers, and Propagandists in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1900-1925.” Labor History 45, no. 1 (February 2004): 9–36. doi:10.1080/002365604100016191231.
Group Activities
| Group 1: | Group 2: | Group 3: | Group 4: | |
| Find: | A publication by the same author | Sources that cite this one. | Sources cited in this article. | Sources published in the same journal |
| Use: | CrossSearch, America History & Life, JSTOR and/or Google Scholar |
Google Scholar and/or Scopus | Article profile/PDF | Browzine / Ejournals |
| Contribute: |
1 relevant article
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2 relevant articles and/or books |
2 relevant articles and/or books |
1 relevant article |
Add your findings here: 
Google Doc
| Group 1: | Group 2: | Group 3: | Group 4: | |
| Task: |
Browse issues of the journal and brainstorm possible search terms |
Look at the "Subject Keywords" and brainstorm related terms |
Choose helpful terms from the article abstract and brainstorm related terms |
Skim the bibliography and identify useful terms from source titles. |
| Use: | Browzine / Ejournals search | Article description | Article text / PDF | Article text / PDF or Cited Sources |
| Contribute: | 2-3 possible search terms | 4-5 possible search terms | 4-5 possible search terms | 2-3 possible search terms |
Add your brainstorms here: Google Doc
Exploding an Article
No piece of research stands alone; each is part of a broader scholarly conversation in that topic/ field.
These resources have clues that you can TRACE, if you know how to look! We also sometimes call this technique the exploding article, because it helps you 'explode' a single source into many sources!
Recommended Tools:
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Set up Google Scholar to connect to library resources.
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- Scopus This link opens in a new window Citations and abstracts for journals, books, and conference proceedings, primarily in the natural and social sciences.
