New How to Create and Organize a Google Scholar Library · 2017. 2. 17. · 3. Sign in to your Google account When you click sign in in the upper right hand corner of the Google Scholar

After following the steps in this tutorial, you will be able to create your own Google Scholar

library. Additionally, you will be able to organize your Google Scholar library according to

your own labels.

1. Search for Google Scholar

Using the internet browser of your choice, search for "Google Scholar".

How to Create and Organize a GoogleScholar Library

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2. Select "Google Scholar" from the search results

Google Scholar will likely be the first result.



3. Sign in to your Google account

When you click sign in in the upper right hand corner of the Google Scholar screen, you

will be prompted to enter your Gmail address and password. If you do not have a

Google account, you will be prompted to create one. You need to be logged in to your

Google account in order to use your Google Scholar library.



4. Search for articles

In order to create your library, search for a topic. In this example, we will search for

"online learning". You can change your search preferences below the search bar, if you

would like.



5. Review results and save articles to your library

You can look at the articles using the links before you decide which articles you would

like to save in your library. To save an article, click "SAVE" directly below the article.



5. Select "My library" to review your selectedarticles

When you want to look at your library, select "My library" from the left-hand side of the

screen.



6. Organize your library

After placing articles in your library, you can organize the articles. The actions available

in your library are labeled below.



7. Create a "new label" tag

You can tag your articles according to your preferences. For this example, we will

create a tag called "online learning". After clicking "Manage labels", select "Create a

new label".



8. Choose a new label name

Think of the label you would like to create, type the label, and press "create".



9. Go back to your library

Press the back arrow to go back to your library.



10. Check mark the articles you would like to label

Once you know what articles you would like to label, click the check mark box to the left

of the article.



11. Select the "tag" option

Use the "tag" option to label the selected articles. Click the check mark box to the left of

the label, followed by "apply" to organize the articles.



12. View the labeled articles

You can now use the selection on the left that is the same as the tag you set. In this

example, we placed two articles in the online learning tag. If you would like to manage

your labels again, just select "Manage labels".



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New How to Create and Organize a Google Scholar Library · 2017. 2. 17. · 3. Sign in to your Google account When you click sign in in the upper right hand corner of the Google Scholar