Before I knew what it was exactly, I found a citation index and started using it. This was probably a good thing; had I been introduced to it by name, I'd probably have avoided it. The Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) was on a table with a bunch of other indexes that were the standard author/title/subject stuff. Most of us are familiar with searching for a title or author alphabetically. We are even comfortable searching by subject. With no...
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