Research can be difficult, but you don't have to start from scratch if you follow the clues left by scholars who have gone before you!
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 found this very relevant article: Welhengama, G., & Pillay, N. (2013). Minorities’ Claim to Secession by Virtue of the Right to Self-Determination: Asian Perspectives with Special Reference to Kosovo and Sri Lanka. Nordic Journal of International Law, 82(2), 249–282.
And you read it and it is just great for your research. The next thing to do is look at the list of references and follow-up on any that look relevant. This is a great way to build your bibliography, to find like materials.
Google Scholar
Off campus? Two ways to make sure you are connected and able to see links to fulltext
1. use Google Scholar through the libraries homepage and Databases
https://www.lib.umd.edu/dbfinder
2. add University of Maryland - Find @ UMD to the Library Links
Follow these steps:
1.Click on menu
2. Click on Settings 3. Click on Library links
4. Make sure University of Maryland Libraries - Find @ UMD is listed. If not, use the search box and find and add
If the article is really great for your research, and you have checked the references used by the author/s, you can look and see if the article has been cited by anyone else since it was published.
This is the original great article:
Welhengama, G., & Pillay, N. (2013). Minorities’ Claim to Secession by Virtue of the Right to Self-Determination: Asian Perspectives with Special Reference to Kosovo and Sri Lanka. Nordic Journal of International Law, 82(2), 249–282.
There are several ways to see who has cited the article, but one of the best and easiest ways is to use
Google Scholar. (https://scholar.google.com/)
Once in google scholar, type/paste in the title of the original article.
Look for the - cited by and also Web of Science (the cites might be different)
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 Google Scholar (make sure you have set library links to University of Maryland - Find@ UMD
2. Google and use the Reload button (http://lib.guides.umd.edu/reload-button)
3. Use WorldCat and type in the title of the article or the journal name.
4. Use the Citation Finder: https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles/search#article
