Thing 7 - Library articles through Google Scholar
July 2nd, 2009 | by Helen BronleighThing 7: Library articles through Google Scholar: Webcam Conversation
What do you mean, “finding library articles through Google Scholar”?
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. We know that lots of people at Murdoch use Google Scholar because they are used to doing a Google search and they like the journal articles they can find there.
When you are off-campus and do a search, sometimes you get to an article that the library pays for, but you are told that you have to log in to get it or that you have to pay.
The library has a way that you can set up Google Scholar so that you can see in the search results whether the library has a subscription to something that you find. You can then click straight through to it.
Of course, you can’t search all the articles that the library pays for this way, and it’s still a very good idea to use the Library Portal and Databases.
Why are we learning about library articles through Google Scholar?
It makes a tool that a lot of people use much more useful.
What you need to do to complete this Thing
Add Murdoch Library to Google Scholar’s settings.
5. How to set up library links in Google Scholar
- Go to Google Scholar and click Scholar Preferences.
- In the Library Links search box search for “murdoch”.
- Tick the checkbox for the option Murdoch, Portal, Library, Australia - Find it@Murdoch
- Click Save Preference
- You will need to set this up each time you use a different computer. Google Scholar does not “remember” you.
- Now search for something in Google Scholar, and look for the Find it@Murdoch links in your search results. This is what you should see:
5 Responses to “Thing 7 - Library articles through Google Scholar”
By Sharron Hurley on Jul 24, 2009 | Reply
Hi
I have been trying to change my preferences and to complete this thing, but when searching for Murdoch University “Murdoch University - Full Text @ IngentaConnect comes up” and I can not select it. It mentions that I may need to log on to library.
By Helen Bronleigh on Jul 27, 2009 | Reply
Sharron, Google Scholar preferences is having problems at the moment, which is why you can’t find the correct link. It should be back up again by the end of this week (30th July hopefully). sorry about this, but it’s outside our control.
By Samuel Bonanno on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
Murdoch University - Full Text @ IngentaConnect comes up and I still cant seem to check this, is the website still having problems?
By Helen Bronleigh on Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
Hi Samuel, we think we may have finally resolved this issue just this morning. You should now see “Murdoch University - Find it@Murdoch” in your Scholar preferences when you search for Murdoch. This is the one you need to check.
Ignore the Ingentaconnect one. We are still trying to get the publisher to remove this one.