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Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Guide

guide to women's studies research

Citation Chasing

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:

Original Article:

Rebecca Coleman (2014) Inventive Feminist Theory: Representation, Materiality and Intensive Time, Women: A Cultural Review, 25:1, 27-45

 

 

List of References / Works Cited from the Coleman 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:

Rebecca Coleman (2014) Inventive Feminist Theory: Representation, Materiality and Intensive Time. Women: A Cultural Review, 25:1, 27-45

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/scholar?inst=15032367935592116327)
If off-campus, use google scholar as a database (the link above)  so you will be connected to what we own.

Once in google scholar, type/paste in the title of the original article.
Look for the - cited by.

Google Scholar Cited By Inventive Feminist Article

(as of October 1,  2022)

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 (see below)

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
Google Scholar Library Links

Please email Judy if you do not find what you need
 

For Books - use UMD Discover

For Articles - There are a couple of ways to determine if we own the article and in what format.  
1. Use UMD Discover or Articles and type in the article title
2. Use Google Scholar  (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?inst=15032367935592116327
3. Google and use the Reload button (http://lib.guides.umd.edu/reload-button