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Set Up Google Scholar to show Albertsons Library's Materials
It's easy! Just follow these steps.
1. Go to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com) and click the menu bars on the top left
2. Choose the Settings option.
3. Click on the Library links option on the left.
4. Search for Boise State University and select the two check boxes for:
- Boise State University - Find It at Boise State (to see the Find It links in Google Scholar and link to full text articles) &
- Open WorldCat - Library Search (to link to records of books owned by the Library).
Then click the save button.
5. Now every time you search Google Scholar, you'll see links to Find it at Boise State.
Click on the Find it at Boise State link instead of the publisher's link. Albertsons Library subscribes to (purchases) content and provides you access for free! Why pay to purchase from a publisher when Albertsons Library gets you access for free?
Using Google Scholar's Advanced Search
Google Scholar Advanced Search can help you structure your search around the keywords you generated for your topic, and give you ideas of how to focus your search. To get to the Advanced Search feature:
1. Go to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com) and click the menu bars on the top left
2. Choose Advanced Search
The structure of Google Scholar's Advanced Search template allows you to easily structure your search around your keywords, return articles authored by a particular person, published in a specific journal, or published between specified dates.
Setting up a Google Scholar Content Alert
Once you have found results for a well targeted Google Scholar search, you can set up an Alert so every time new content is added in your research area, you receive an email notice.
From the search results page, scroll down to the bottom of the left navigation bar
Click the Create an Alert link
To make sure the Alert will be going to the correct email address, Click the Change Email tab and enter your preferred email address.
The name of the email Alert sent to you will automatically be your search statement. Click in the box and edit if you'd like the Alert to be called something else
You have the option of checking a box so Google Scholar will include additional less relevant results, i.e. materials that Google Scholar found that are close but missing some of one or more of your search parameters. This has the potential to increase your Alerts, and include more extraneous results that you may not want.
Click the Create Alert button
