Union Hospital Internship Research: Google Scholar

Google Scholar is an Internet search engine which searches journal websites, patent databases, and respected scholarly content online. It is freely available for anyone to use.

Many publisher websites will ask you to pay for full-text. You'll often get prompted to pay for the full text of articles. In many cases, these are articles that you can freely access  through Indiana State University via one of its many subscription databases or journals.

You can set up Google Scholar to access Indiana State University's full-text by changing your Settings in your personal Google Account..

1. Click the gear icon  near the top of the Google Scholar search page.
2. Click Library Links on the left side menu.
3. Search for Indiana State Univ 
4. Scroll through the results and check Indiana State Univ -Cunningham ML - Full-text at Cunnigham Memorial Library (Yes, it is misspelled)
5. Click Save.

Advanced Google Scholar Search

Click the dropdown arrow to the right of the Google Scholar text box to use the Advanced Search Options.

Google Scholar allows free searches to anyone. However, it does not have editorial standards that pass academic standards. It searches the websites of journals but not all of the journals are evaluated to be of high quality.

• It's critical to use appropriate language in Google Scholar since there is no term mapping to Medical Subject Headings.
• Google Scholar includes many non-scholarly sources such as newspapers and others. Search results may include the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other non-peer-reviewed sources.
• Google Scholar appears to find a lot even when you do a bad search.