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Google Scholar is a tool for finding books and journal articles that you might normally get from a library. It is a great place to start exploring your research questions. Where possible, it provides links to online versions and to library copies to help you locate an item. Due to issues with access outside of libraries, most items on Google Scholar are not available in fulltext. Once you retrieve or save source citations from Google Scholar, check OneSearch for availability in fulltext or in print.
When to Use It
Use Google Scholar to find scholarly articles and books, verify citations, and explore related resources. When books are available through Google Books, some of their content may be available online.
Note that most books in Google Books are not available in fulltext. Again, check OneSearch for availability. If the library does not have an electronic or print copy of a book you found on Google Books, use the library’s interlibrary (ILL) loan service to request the book, or an article listed in Google scholar but not available at the library. To access the GCC Library’s interlibrary loan form (ILL form), go to the library’s website and find the link under the Services link. It is best to have as much information requested as possible.
How to Use It
Go to Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com).
Movie: Using Google Scholar
Watch this informative tutorial on the basics of using Google Scholar.
Note: Setting your school in Scholar Preferences will help you make direct connections to online sources provided by your library. If you want to locate sources in many different libraries, add WorldCat , which is a sort of international catalog that indexes sources world-wide and can aid you in finding sources close to your area libraries, in addition to your library. (Remember to save your preferences).
In your search results, you can connect to an online version if there is a linked option following the item’s title. (If you’ve added Glendale Community College under preferences, a Find It link is shown to provide a link to full-text or to help you request the item if it’s not available online. If you’ve added WorldCat to your preferences, the Library Search link displays the WorldCat record, which shows all of the libraries that own the item. If there are multiple references to the same item, Google Scholar groups them. You can click the versions link following a title to see a list of all versions.)
Additional Tips
- The Any Time link in the left column of results allows you to limit your search results by date.
- Find Advanced Scholar Search by clicking on the three horizontal lines icon. Advance Scholar search provides additional search fields such as author, publication, and date, as well as phrase matching and word exclusion.
- Finding More Relevant Research Papers using Google Scholar. (Video)
