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# Google Scholar
#### This tutorial will introduce you to Google Scholar and show you how you can set up Google Scholar for Off-Campus Access to SLC Resources
[[Start|What is Google Scholar?]]
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# What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
#### What does Google Scholar search?
* Journal publisher websites
* Open Access repositories (university, discipline-based, and government)
* Preprint services
* Academic social networks
* Google Books
* Other literature from "all broad areas of research" that Google defines as "scholarly"
[[Next|Google Scholar VS Academic Databases]]
# What _is_ the difference between Google Scholar and an academic database like or Genetics Home Reference?
**Academic Databases** - let you know exactly what sources - journals, books, archives - it is pulling content from. In many databases, you can find a list of publications it is pulling citations from. Academic databases have a subject specific focus and have many options for limiting search results.
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**Google Scholar** - Google keeps their proprietary information private, which means they do not share where they are pulling their content from. We therefore don’t know exactly what qualifies material to show up as *a result in Google scholar, the scope of what is included, or what might be missing*.
[[Next|When to use it]]# Use Google Scholar when you need to...
1. Identify journal titles and authors connected with subjects of interest at the beginning of research.
2. Find "gray literature" like conference proceedings. It includes many articles that wouldn't get included in other indexing services.
3. Locate obscure references that are proving difficult to find in conventional databases.
4. Locating more information on partial citations
[[Next|Connect to SLC]]# Setting up Google Scholar for Off-Campus Access to SLC Resources
<br> You can use Google Scholar's Library Links feature to identify yourself as a Sarah Lawrence College library user. This allows you to find full text library resources directly through Google Scholar results.
[[Next|Steps 2-3]] </div># Open Your Settings
Step 1: Click on Google Scholar in A-Z Databases or go to scholar.google.com <br>
Step 2: On the Google Scholar homepage, click on menu symbol in the top left corner (pictured below). <br>
Step 3: In the window that pop-ups up to the left, click on “Settings.”
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[[Next|Step 4-6]] </div># Add Sarah Lawrence Library materials to your search results
Step 4: On the next screen, click on “Library Links” on the far left. <br>
Step 5: In the search box on the next screen, type in “Sarah Lawrence” and hit the search symbol. <br>
Step 6: “Sarah Lawrence College” will now appear underneath “Open WorldCat – Library Search.” Check the box and hit “Save.” <br>
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[[Next|Final Steps]]# You're done!
Return to the Google Scholar homepage and conduct a search.In the search results, look to the right of resources you are interested in.
You’ll now see library links for articles that Sarah Lawrence provides access to.
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[[A Note]]# A Note:
* Clicking on the title of the resource will not bring you to full text provided by Sarah Lawrence. Make sure to click the “Sarah Lawrence College” link to the right of the resource. <br>
* You may also notice that some resources have links to the right provided by another institution.
This often means that the material is provided open access through another institution and these links may also lead you to full text.
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* For resources found in Google Scholar that do not have links to SLC or other institutions: copy the title, search it in the library catalog, and request access through interlibrary loan.
### If you need assistance, please ask a librarian! [[Email Us->https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/library/research/]] </div>
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