COMM 700: Intro to Graduate Study in Communication

Google Scholar will link you directly to articles the UMD Libraries subscribe to, making it easier to find full-text content. Here's how to turn on this feature:

1. Go to Google Scholar.
2. Select the menu icon at the top left: 
3. Select 
4. Select Library links from the left sidebar.
5. Search University of Maryland Libraries in the search box.
6. Select University of Maryland Libraries - Find @ UMD from the options that appear (make sure to click the checkbox).
7. Select Save. Google Scholar will now recognize you as a UMD student on this computer/browser.

NOTE: Google Scholar will also show you full-text links if you have created a profile and are signed in, or if you're on a campus computer.

Find an Article From a Citation

1. Copy and paste the title of an article into the Google Scholar search box.
2. Locate the article in the results.
3. Select any of the links on the right side of the result to open a full-text version.
4. No full-text version? Place a request for the article (it's easy!).

Find Articles That Have Cited Yours

The Cited by function will show the research that has cited a given article. This is especially useful for literature reviews! Select the Cited by link below a search result to view the list.

Cite Articles

Google Scholar generates citations for articles in different formats. To get a citation:

1. Select the  Cite link below the article result.
2. Copy and paste the citation in the style you're using.
3. Make sure to double-check and edit the citation as needed! It will likely have formatting errors.

Find Research by Author

Many researchers have Google Scholar profiles that list their institutional affiliations and publications, like this example. Click any underlined author's name in your article search result.

Alternatively, you can search by name with the author search function: author:"safiya noble" or author:"s noble". This option also works for authors who don't have a Google Scholar profile.

Search by Keyword

Google Scholar brings back a lot of results in every discipline, so it doesn't always work as well for complex keyword searches. However, you can search "strings" of keywords and include some simple Boolean operators, like these examples:

social media youth advertising clickthrough
teenager (instagram OR tiktok)

Request Articles From Other Libraries

If you can't access the full-text version of an article, it might mean that the UMD Library doesn't subscribe to that particular journal. However, the Libraries can get nearly any article, book, or book chapter for you for free, even if we don't own it! Libraries share resources with each other through the process of interlibrary loan (ILL). Here's how to use Google Scholar to place requests:

1. Search for the article by title in Google Scholar. If there aren't any Find @ UMD access links on the right side of the page, the library probably doesn't subscribe to it, so you can request it.
2. Click the icon of two arrows >> underneath the search result, and then click the Not available @ UMD link.
   
3. This should open a UMD Discover results page for the article. Scroll down to Get It and click Request a Scan (or sometimes Request ILL).
   
    
4. Fill out and submit the request form.
   • Note: If you've never used ILL before, you'll need to set up your account (it's easy!). Click UMD Users Login on the ILL page. 
5. Success! Your article will be emailed to you within 1-3 days.
6. Need help? Email Sarah or get help at McKeldin or via chat or phone.