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GVPT 200: International Political Relations

Resources for GVPT 200

Citation Chasing

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:
 Hadden, Jennifer. 2014. “Explaining Variation in Transnational Climate Change Activism: The Role of Inter-Movement Spillover.” Global Environmental Politics 14 (2): 7–25

Citation Chasing Article Explaining Transnational Climate Change

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.

Citation Chasing Article Explaining Transnational Climate Change References

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:Hadden, Jennifer. 2014. “Explaining Variation in Transnational Climate Change Activism: The Role of Inter-Movement Spillover.” Global Environmental Politics 14 (2): 7–25

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/)
 Off campus, use Google Scholar through the libraries homepage and Databases
https://www.lib.umd.edu/dbfinder

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)

Google Scholar Cited By

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 or if off campus use google scholar through the database tab
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