As part of February’s Library Lovers Month we’re sharing reasons to love your Library…and today we’re looking at Google Scholar.
The Library pays lots of money for subscriptions to online journals and we want you all to be able to access them as easily as possible.
LibrarySearch lets you search across multiple collections and platforms from one simple search box – which is pretty nifty and saves you lots of time! But, we know that lots of people like to go to Google Scholar to start searching so, there are a few things you can do to make sure you always get those full-text Library subscriptions showing in your results.
On-Campus
You don’t have to do anything! We’ve set up all of our online journals to show as being available in Google Scholar when you’re searching via the University IP range – you’ll see the View it @ Abertay button to link to our content. You might think you’re accessing lots of freely available content, but it’s actually provided by the Library. You’re welcome!
Off-Campus
If you’re searching at home, you need to do a little bit of tweaking to make sure you’re seeing our full-text content. You just need to select these settings once, make sure to save and you’re good to go!
Just go to: Settings > Library Links then search for Abertay (Show Library Access Links For) and tick the box for View It @ Abertay.
You can also choose to export directly from Google Scholar into RefWorks. Go to: Settings > Search Results > Bibliography Manager then pick RefWorks from the drop-down and click save. Hey presto! You’ll now get links to all of our subscribed content in your results list and see an Import into RefWorks link under all results. This will help you to keep track of all those important articles you find – no more scribbling references on bits of paper!
If you prefer a visual guide – here it is:
Adding a reference management tool (RefWorks)
1. Go back to https://scholar.google.co.uk/ (if you’re in the results screen above, just click the Google logo at the top left)
2. Click Settings again at the top of the screen.
3. In the Scholar Settings screen, look for the Bibliography Manager options. From the ‘Show links to import citations into’ drop-down menu under BibliographyManager you can select RefWorks:
Following these tips will ensure that you are able to access all of the same great content and resources from home as you can when you’re in the Library. Just another reason to love your Library!
Click here for more help and info on Google Scholar.
Feel free to contact us for more help and information – we’re always happy to help 🙂
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