Librarian, Okanagan Campus
Library Browser Extension
Step 1: Download and install the extension: leanlibrary.com/download
Step 2: Select University of British Columbia
Step 3: Start searching! When off-campus, Library Access will let you know when you are on a website that the library has access to.
Step 4: Login with your UBC CWL (campus wide login)
Finding Relevant Articles
Develop a search strategy by:
- identifying relevant keywords
- connecting keywords with AND, example emissions AND compliance
- using quotation marks around phrases, example "kyoto protocol" AND "paris agreement"
- using OR to account for synonyms, example (Indigenous OR "First Nations")
Evaluate your results while considering the requirements of your assignment:
- peer-reviewed articles
- relevance to your thesis
- current or recently published
- perspective of international law
Search in places designed to help you find academic sources about international law:
- HeinOnline, journal collection for law
- Summon, UBC Library search tool
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowThe HeinOnline database allows you to search large collections of law journals. You can easily focus on international law perspectives. Screenshots are provided to ensure you can efficiently and effectively find the articles to support your research proposal and paper.
image description: screenshot of HeinOnline sample search screen with PathFinder Subjects section and International Law both highlighted in red. Search string at top shows: "kyoto protocol" AND "paris agreement" AND compliance
Custom UBC Library Summon Search for Dr. Sapeha's Law Courses
Preset filters include limiting to academic and scholarly sources, limiting by content type journal articles and books/ebooks, using the discipline filter for law, and the subject filter for international law
Note: depending on your topic you may want to limit by the date of publication, or you may want to sort your results by the date published, rather than the default relevance display