Strategies for Making the Most of Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Google Scholar Links to an external site. provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. -from scholar.google.com
How to Change Google Scholar Settings so You Get Access to More Full-Text Articles
Video: Intro to Google Scholar. Click here Links to an external site. for printable step-by-step setting instructions and other advanced search tips.
Google Lists Articles that You Cannot Read in Full-Text. How Do You Get Access to These Articles?
Please keep in mind that Google Scholar does not provide free full-text access to all of articles/books in their results. You may click on a result and discover that you are asked to pay to see the article. If this happens, you can:
- check the library's databases Links to an external site. individually
- search "everything" in the library's catalog Links to an external site.
- Request a copy of the article through the SFCC Library ILL (InterLibrary) Request Form. Links to an external site.