Post on 17-Jul-2015
To access Google scholar try this URL:
https://scholar.google.co.za/
If you can’t remember the URL just search for “Google scholar”
Now – lets try a search.
Why use Google Scholar?It provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
Some of the articles may be quite old – narrow them down
by age here
Citations tell us how often an article has been referenced. The more citations the more
‘popular’ the paper. This one has 128 citations –that’s quite a few so lets have a look at this paper
This indicates that a PDF of this paper is available which will normally be free to access – you can click on the title or on this PDF link.
click back in your browser to go back to your search….
If you like the document then you may want to save or print it.Move your cursor to the bottom right hand corner and the toolbar will come up which allows you to quickly save the document
You may also get links to books sometimes these will include a PDF download and sometimes you will be able to view the book online on Google books.
If you click here you can see papers that have CITED the paper you are
interested – this will lead you to more recent papers.
Once you have found a paper that is relevant to you research it may be worth checking out similar or related papers
Google scholar also provide you a link to related or similar articles –
just click here
Other TSIBA BCM2 research guides:• 2. Using media in your research• 3. Cataloguing your online research