Finding out whether a work has been cited after its publication will help you assess the importance of that work and how it has shaped subsequent research and scholarship. This is called forward citation searching.
For example, this image shows the forward citations for Sherman, Haidt, and Coan's (2009) article "Viewing cute images increases behavioral carefulness."
Increasingly databases include information about who cited a particular reference. Look for "Cited by" or "Times Cited" features.
To use Google Scholar as a resource for citation searching:
The resulting list will include articles and websites that cite the original work as well as books scanned through the Google Books project.
If you have linked Google Scholar to Williams Libraries:
Watch the video below to learn how to do cited reference searches in Web of Science, which covers all areas of knowledge, not just science.