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GOOGLE SCHOLAR Presented byGerald Louw
GOALS How Google Scholar works Settings in Google Scholar Strategies for searching Use a citation management tool in Google
Scholar Evaluating Websites
GOOGLE SCHOLAR Debut in November 2004 Content has grown significantly Simplicity, Google Scholar, popular Google Books project has given boost to
content Not really a subset to Google search Not all publishers of academic information Resource devoted to scholarly literature
Journal articles, books, citations, conference proceedings
SETTINGS IN GOOGLE SCHOLAR
OFF CAMPUS LOG IN
SETTING GOOGLE SCHOLAR
SETTING GOOGLE SCHOLAR
SETTING GOOGLE SCHOLAR
GOOGLE SCHOLAR ALERTS
CREATING AN ALERT
GOOGLE SCHOLAR METRICS FOR PUBLICATIONS
GOOGLE SCHOLAR AUTHOR CITATIONS
GOOGLE SCHOLAR JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
SEARCH METHODS Cited Reference Search
One relevant article/ book, lead to other references
Ask supervisor for recommendation for key article
Building Block Search Formulate queries based on the elements or
concept groups “OR”- ing synonyms, using controlled or free vocabulary.
Pearl growing Use the characteristics of the “pearl” to
successively grow a set of related documents: use assigned index terms-words, names, citations, publication data, or structural and statistical properties to formulate queries to retrieve subsequent sets.
SEARCHING AND between words + to include common words “quotation marks” to search for a phrase - to exclude from search OR for either word search Author: for author search Intitle: to search title Restrict by date and publication Advance Search
ADVANCE SEARCH
ADVANCE SEARCH
UNDERSTANDING SEARCH RESULTS
UNDERSTANDING SEARCH RESULTS
PROS AND CONS OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Pros Content has grown Google Books project has enhanced the
content Includes languages other than English Library links is good to identify sources
locally Delivering citation counts Cons Still gaps in top ranking journals Some subjects are covered more than others It is unclear how results are ordered
ACCESS AN ARTICLE YOUR INSTITUTION IS NOT SUBSCRIBED TO Your library through Inter Library Loans Search Google Scholar on the title and author
to see if it points you to a free copy. Search JSTOR for older articles Search for the author on Google, the author
might provide a link to the full text. Search on Open Access search engines such
as OAlster. Search your library catalogue Search for the journal it might have a website
that makes the article freely available
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Wang, Y., & Howard, P. (January 01, 2012). Google Scholar Usage: An Academic Library's Experience. Journal of Web Librarianship, 6, 2, 94-108.
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