Same search strategies:
Use quotes around phrases
Use * for truncation
Example Search:
"global justice" equality rawls obligation*
As you conduct your research, you will need to make note of the additional resources (book, book chapter, journal article) you identify in the bibliographies, references, notes and footnotes of the sources you are using. The reason for this? Because this is one of the best ways to further your research.
Example:
Let's say you have this article:
Wenar, Leif. “Contractualism and Global Economic Justice.” Metaphilosophy, vol. 32, no. 1‐2, 2001, pp. 79–94
At the end of the article is the list of References. If the article is on target for your research, follow up on those references.
If the article is really great for your research, and you have done the first step and checked the references used by the author/s, the second step to do is look and see if the article has been cited by other researchers since it was published.
This is the original relevant article:
Wenar, Leif. “Contractualism and Global Economic Justice.” Metaphilosophy, vol. 32, no. 1‐2, 2001, pp. 79–94
There are several ways to see who has cited the article, but one of the best and easiest ways is to use
Google Scholar.
Once in Google Scholar, type in the title of the article and then click on Cited by. If there is a large number, first click on - cited by - and then limit by date.
As of February 8, 2023
To make sure you see the links to the fulltext for those items we own do one of two things:
1. Use Google Scholar as a database
2. Make sure the Library Links list
Open WorldCat - Library Search
University of Maryland Libraries - Find @ UMD
Follow these steps:
Click on the Menu on the Upper Left
Click on Settings
Click on Library Links
For Books - use WorldCat
For Articles - There are a couple of ways to determine if we own the article and in what format. It can be tricky to find the article sometimes, please email Judy if you are not finding what you need.
1. Use WorldCat and type in the title of the article or the journal name and if we do not own it, there will be a link to request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
2. Use Google Scholar
3. Google and use the Reload button (http://lib.guides.umd.edu/reload-button)
