PSY 321 Research Methods - Hancock: Search Google Scholar
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar searches the academic, scholarly Web for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles. Searching Google Scholar from the Portland State University Library will identify full text articles available from PSU Library resources as well as open access articles from other universities and colleges.
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Google Scholar is an excellent resource, especially for its familiar and inituitive interface. However, users should be aware of some differences between Google Scholar and disciplinary scholarly databases. Google Scholar searches across academic publisher websites, .edu sites, .gov sites and more. The search then is much broader than a database that focuses on a specific discipline.
Google Scholar does have an advanced search feature, but it lacks some other features. For example, it does not have a way of limiting the search to the particular methdology employed by the researcher.
Search for an Article Using Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar from the PSU Library, and enter the title of the article. If the Library has the article, there will be a link to the right, Find it @ PSU.
Find it @ PSU leads to the full text article in the PSU Library catalog.
If it is not available full text through Google Scholar, PSU Library could still hold the article in print. Search for the journal to see the Library's holdings. If the library does not hold the journal at all, order it from Interlibrary Loan & Article Delivery.
Google Scholar Advanced Search
Video tutorial on the advanced search in Google Scholar, produced by Walden University Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota.