Slide 1 - Title Slide: Supplementing your Research with Google Scholar (image: Google Scholar logo)

Slide 2 - Matt
Hi, I'm Matt, a librarian at Madison College Libraries, where we help you find, access, and evaluate the information you need for your assignments.
This tutorial discusses the use of Google's searchable database of scholarly resources 
and why you might want to consider using it as a tool for expanding your research.
 (image: Google logo, photo of Matt, Libraries logo)

Slide 3 - Library databases in Research

If you have a writing assignment that calls for you to review the research literature on your topic, 
you would be wise to make your first stop the libraries databases.  
Madison College Libraries have article databases that address most topics students write about.  (image: newspaper article with headline)

Slide 4 - Google Scholar supplements
For some who select more narrow or more obscure topics, however, it might make sense to expand your research beyond library materials 
to a broader source like Google Scholar.
For some who select more narrow or more obscure topics, however, it might make sense to expand your research beyond library materials to a broader source like Google Scholar.  (image: Google Logo)

Slide 5 - Defintion
Google Scholar is easy to search; a  place for a broad serach of scholarly sources; articles, theses, and books (image:Google logo)


Google Scholar is....
* easy to search
* a place for a broad search of scholarly sources
* articles, theses, and books

Slide 6 - What it's Not
Google Scholar is not: a free, full-text database: Single source for your research  (image: Google logo and image of hands with cards)

Slide 7 - Combination
Instead, Google Scholar should serve as a supplement, rather than as a replacement for highly organized sources like library databases.  (image: computers, libraries logo, Google logo. Text: Google + library databases = wide variety of scholarly materials )

Slide 8 - Why?
Eliminates dubious, '.com' sites from your results
Easy to search
No login
Allows you explore content that MIGHT be available in library databases   (image: Google logo)

Why would I want to use Google Scholar?


Slide 9 - Limitations
Of course, Google Scholar does have its limitations
For one, the citations you find might lead you to publisher's sites that ask you for money to purchase the full text of an article
Coverage of topics is uneven
Google Scholar has a broader definition of what constitutes a 'scholarly' resource, 
so you will probably have to do a bit of investigation to find out exactly what type of publication your article comes from.
Finally, Google still describes Scholar as a 'beta' product, which means it might yet have some bugs and quirks to its performance.   (image: Google logo )

Slide 10 - Getting Started
Getting Started with Google Scholar   (image: empty room photo)

Slide 11 - more
From the Google search page, select the 'More' menu above Google's logo.   (image:Google search screen )

Slide 12 - scholar
From the list that appears, select 'Scholar'.   (image: Google Scholar highlighted)

Slide 13 - Basic search
From here you can do a basic search, or an advanced search.  Notice that the basic search has a couple of options to choose from. (image: Google scholar search interface)

Slide 14 - Search options 1
Advanced searching makes it easier to direct Google Scholar toward the search results we want.  
There are search boxes for phrases, long lists of keywords and synoyms, and even unwanted words for either subtopics you wish to avoid or use of keywords using a meaning you did not intend. (image: Google scholar advanced search interface)

Slide 15 - Advanced Search Screen

The green section shows you all the different options for inputting your search terms.  Here we have the phrase, 'social networking'.  
 We also looking for ONE of the terms 'online, web, or internet' to be in our results, since they are all synonyms of one another. 
This search also indicates some words we don't want to see in our results, such as Friendster, twitter, or linkedin.
We can also select a date range and, finally, may indicate a certain subject area to eliminate some of the results we might consider less-relevant.
(image: Google Scholar subject areas search box)

Slide 16 - Collections Limits
For this search, lets limit our results the social science, arts, and humanities. (image: limit to social sciences search interface)

Slide 17 - Search Button
Once we have our limits selected, click search. (image: search scholar button)

Slide 18 - results
Even with our limits, we still get more than 18 thousand results, which, although a lot, is far less than we would get in a typical Google or Yahoo search. (image: results list)

Slide 19 - author
Let's say you're interested in this article.  The title is in blue, the author is listed below.  
This citation gives no journal name, at least on this page. If we click the title, we can learn more. (image: result highlighted title and author)

Slide 20 - website
In this case, clicking the title brought us to a website where  the free, full-text can be found. (image:  sample website)

Slide 21 - links
Some of the citations will display links to the full text of articles to the right of the resuts. (image: HTML link to websites)

Slide 22 - full text
In some cases, clicking a text link will take you to a website that provides the full text. (image: full text from website)

Slide 23 - open
In other cases, you will find a free, full-text pdf version of the article.  
This might require you to have a more recent version of Adobe Reader. (image: open with adobe reader dialog box)

Slide 24 - pdf
And here is that pdf. (image: PDF of article abstract)

Slide 25 - money
However, as mentioned earlier, many links will lead to a publisher's site that asks for a login or for money, in this case $32.  
As a Madison College student, don't pay for access!  We'll do our best to get you a copy. (image: sign in and subscribe option)

Slide 26 - Slide 26

Before you submit an interlibrary loan request, however, 
the question to ask is, "Do I have access to that particular journal in our library databases?" (image: library database list - Find Articles page)

Slide 27 - Slide 27
Here we have found a citation "Gender differences in social portraits reflected in MySpace profiles".  
The first author, Magnuson is listed, as is the publication name.  This citation did NOT show a link to full text from Google Scholar, 
so let's check for one in Madison College Libraries' databases.
Select the databases tab, then click 'Find Journals by Title or Subject'. (image: library homepage databases tab)

Slide 28 - dropdown
Using the dropdown menu 'title begins with', enter the journal title or the beginning of the journal title and click search. (image: find journals by title search box)

Slide 29 - journal title
Here is the journal title you are looking for.  Notice the dates listed for this journal to make sure it covers the issue you are hoping to find.  
Click one of the database names to continue. (image:  title list cyberpsychology)

Slide 30 - publication info

This page shows more information about the publication.  From here, you can either find the article by date.  
Remember, it said that we had coverage from February 2000 to December of 2009, so even though this shows issues through 2011, 
we do not have the full text beyond 2009, just citations.  From here, you can either click on the year of the article you're looking for, 
or select 'search within this publication' and search using the article's title. (image:  cyberpsychology & behavior issue list)

Slide 31 - article with full text
Here's the article with the full text link at the bottom of the citation. (image: artile with full text link)

Slide 32 - help
As you research your topic, start with library databases, ask a librarian if you need assistance, 
and give Google Scholar a try if you find the need to broaden your search to see what other scholarship might exist on your topic. (image: librarian, Google logo, databases)

Slide 33 - Friendly librarians
Of course if you need assistance, check with the information experts of the Madison College Libraries.  We're here to help! (image:  photos of 8 librarians)

Slide 34 - end
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