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:
Original Article:
Petermon, J. D., & Spencer, L. G. (2019). Black queer womanhood matters: searching for the queer herstory of Black Lives Matter in television dramas. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 36(4), 339–356.
List of References from the Petermon article:
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 relevant article:
Petermon, J. D., & Spencer, L. G. (2019). Black queer womanhood matters: searching for the queer herstory of Black Lives Matter in television dramas. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 36(4), 339–356.
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/)
If off campus - use google scholar as a database by using Database Finder.
Once in google scholar, type/paste in the title of the original article.
Look for the - cited by.
(as of March 2022)
Please email Judy if you do not find what you need
For Books - use WorldCat
For Articles - There are a couple of ways to determine if we own the article and in what format.
1. Use Google Scholar (https://www.lib.umd.edu/dbfinder/id/UMD05737)
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 Linker
Examples:
Tetreault, Patricia A., et al. “Perceptions of Campus Climate by Sexual Minorities.” Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 60, no. 7, July 2013, pp. 947–964
Stevens, Richard Allen. “Understanding Gay Identity Development within the College Environment.” Journal of College Student Development, vol. 45, no. 2, Jan. 2004, pp. 185–206.
Godden, Naomi Joy, et al. “Feminist Participatory Action Research as a Tool for Climate Justice.” Gender & Development, vol. 28, no. 3, Nov. 2020, pp. 593–615
