Google & Google Scholar: Google Scholar

Many academic journals indexed in Google Scholar are available via subscription only. When you locate an article, you might be asked to pay a fee to read the full text.

Helpful hints to save money when using Google Scholar:

• Focus on the free content offered by Google Scholar. Look for full text links to the right of the search results.
• Adjust settings to include libraries you have access to (such as NWACC, your public library, and other institutions). See the box below for instructions.
• Instead of paying for Google Scholar articles, search the Library's Journals A-to-Z to see which journals are available to NWACC students, faculty, and staff.
• If NWACC Library does not subscribe to the journal you need, consider requesting the article through NWACC's Interlibrary Loan service.

OR, start with Library Research Databases and limit results to full text content.

If NWACC Library does not subscribe to the journal you need, consider requesting the article through NWACC's Interlibrary Loan service.

Step 1: Open settings from dropdown menu (next to "My Citations" button).

Step 2: Open "Library links" and search for up to five libraries you have access to.

Step 3: Save settings.

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Google Scholar is Google's academic search engine that searches across scholarly literature. It has extensive coverage, retrieving information from: 

• academic publishers
• professional organizations
• university repositories 
• professional websites
• government websites

Google Scholar can be a good place to start a search, helping to:

• Locate obscure references difficult to find in library databases
• Find more details on partial citations or incorrectly cited works
• Discover useful journals or databases to explore in more detail

Benefits of searching library databases instead of Google Scholar

Benefits of searching Google Scholar instead of library databases

Bottom line

Like Google, Google Scholar has an advanced search function to enable more precise searching. Additional functionalities include determining how your search terms should be searched, searching by author or source publication, and limiting by publication date.

To access the advanced search hover over the dropdown arrow in the search box.

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Google Scholar generates citations for MLA, APA and Chicago styles. 

Select Cite below a search result and select a style. (If you don't see the Cite option, select More below the search result to make it visible.)

CAUTION: These citations may include formatting or other errors.

Always check and correct generated citations using credible citation resources, particularly those recommended by your instructors.

Google Scholar Library allows you to save and organize your own collection of articles within Scholar.

When you find a relevant article, Google Scholar will link to additional articles via:

Related articles: A list of similar articles and resources.

Cited by: A list of publications citing that article.

Both these links are available under every search result.

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Receive email updates based on your search criteria:

• Perform your search
• Select Create alert to the left of search results
• Enter your email address and select number of results
• Select Create alert button
  

You can also be notified when a particular article is cited:

• Perform your search
• Select Cited by below the appropriate article
• Select Create alert to the left of search results
• Enter your email address and select number of results
• Select Create alert button