Pearling and footnote chasing

A recent post on Medical Libraries Discussion List suggests that this is yet another topic that might need a new article. I learned the following in library school. From the ever so clever Dr. Marcia Bates. footnote chasing (Bates, 1989) or backwards chaining (Ellis,...

pearling and footnote chasing list summary

 from the recent discussion on the Medial Libraries Discussion List: pearl growing/building/purling/citation pearling – citation associations (or keyword associations through pearl growing) can be conceptually incestuous when it comes to building a comprehensive...