David Morgan's "The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control " (2007) provides a detailed examination of cell biology topics. The assignment for this course involves choosing a topic from Morgan (2007), and finding 4-5 publications from 2018-2020 that show the current status of the pathway/structure/regulation. These papers need to be both connected and significant ("leaders in the field").
Cited reference searching is a good strategy for finding connected papers. It involves starting from a single paper, and finding the more recently published papers that have cited it. This feature is not part of every database. It can be found in Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scifinder.
This guide will outline how to use the cited reference search features in Google Scholar and Web of Science.
Further questions may be directed to Morag Coyne, Biology librarian.