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This chapter focuses on a key companion to library resources: Google Scholar. Although we focused on subject databases in the previous unit, Google Scholar can be a helpful addition to any literature review as well. Not only does it capture resources not available directly through UCF, but it includes useful tools such as journal and author alerts, the “cited by” feature, journal metrics, author profiles, and more. We review these and other research tools and show you how to use Google Scholar in tandem with our subject databases.
Learning Objectives
This chapter will help you to understand how Google Scholar works as a companion to the library system.
- Start in Google Scholar and connect back to UCF through the Library Link feature to retrieve the full text or to request an article via Inter Library Loan.
- Expand from the library to Google Scholar to expand your search, do citation chaining, set up journal alerts, view author profiles, journal metrics, and more.
- Use Google Scholar to link directly to citation management programs such as EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero. Not only with these services help you organize and manage your citations, they’ll format your final bibliography as well.
