Google Scholar is a useful way to search academic content in one place.
Much (but not all) of the library's electronic content is available for access on Google Scholar. Articles will be the prominent format retrieved. Works like dissertations & theses may display but access won't be linked to the database.
Google scholar setup requires a couple of initial steps, so let's get started...
When taken to the Google Scholar homepage, click "settings" in the upper right hand corner of the central options menu.
Users have the option to link our electronic collections.
Select the Library Links tab on the left hand side of the page, and perform a search for "Marian University".
Select the Find it @ Marian Univ. option
Click save. You'll be taken back to the main search page.
Search for the article Planetary exploration in the time of astrobiology: protecting against biological contamination.
When results are displayed, you'll see the Marian University Find It link on the right hand side of the record.
After clicking the Find it link, you'll see what databases have this content. If off-campus, you'll be asked for a Marian username and password.
Click on the View Full Text and save your article.
For books, it is possible to see whether we have an item in print. At the top, perform a search for Impossible extinction: natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world.
At the bottom of the record for the book, click the More link. Then, click Library Search, and the record will then be retrieved in the catalog.
What PALNI library owns this book?
Scholar has a few other features that are handy. Click Cited by to find additional articles that cite the one which you initially retrieved. Click Related Articles to find others similar to your search.
That's just about it. One final note, though. If you want to save your results, you'll have to sign in to Scholar with your Google account.
Happy researching! Feel free to continue on to the quiz on using Google Scholar.
Google Scholar Quiz
Perform a search for Oppenheimer: the tragic intellect. Selecting the title link will take the user to the ebook in our catalog.
Now perform a search for Judeo‐Christian theology and the environment: moving beyond scepticism to new sources for environmental education in the United States. This particular article was cited within another work titled The Lord of the Rings–a mythos applicable in unsustainable times?
Google Scholar allows linking for easy import of bibliographic citations into the Zotero format.
Say you're searching for the dissertation Restoration of prairie fen plants, insects, and abiotic processes by Douglas A. Landis. It shows up in Google Scholar, but there is no Find it @ Marian Univ. link. Click the title link and scan the page. From this information you conclude:
Exporting citations (to EndNote, for example) requires the user to sign in with their Google Account.
Please enter your name and email address to retrieve a copy of your completed quiz.
You can enter multiple email addresses separated by commas. If you are doing this for a class, you may need to enter your instructor's email address also.