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This Is How to Create A Library in Google Scholar

December 6, 2014
We have recently started a series of posts on Google Scholar. The purpose of these posts is to help teachers and students make the best of this educational search engine through introducing them to the hidden gems within this platform. If you have missed the previous posts, you can access them here.

Today's tip is on how to create a library on Google Scholar. This library can be used to organize and collect all articles you find on Scholar."You can save articles right from the search page, organize them by topic, and use the power of Scholar's full-text search & ranking to quickly find just the one you want - at any time and from anywhere.".

Here is how you can create library on Google Scholar:
1- After you have conducted your search query on Scholar and found the article you want to add to your library, click on "Save" below the article to save it to your library.

2- Click on "My Library" to see all the articles in your library and search their full text. You can also organize your articles by using labels.

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A Must Know Google Scholar Tip for Researchers and Educators

3:33 PM Google scholar

September, 2014
Similar to Google Alerts I covered in an earlier post, Google Scholar also has an "alert" feature that allows users to keep updated about the topics, news, and authors that interest them. Google scholar Alert is particularly useful for student researchers who are doing research around a topic area and want to have access to the latest and recent output about it. Creating an alert on Google Scholar will enable you to receive emails with updates and new releases about your alert. For instance, let's say your research topic is game-based learning and that one of the established authors you want to make sure to read his newest updates in this area is James Paul Gee. You can go ahead and create two alerts using the following key phrases : game-based learning, and James Paul Gee. From the time you create these alerts, anything published on Google Scholar with these two phrases in it will come directly to your inbox.

Here is how to create a Google Scholar Alert.

1- Head over to Google Scholar and Click on "Alerts"

2- Type in your alert query, your email, and the number of results you want to show up then hit "Create Alert".

Your alert now is created and active.

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A Handy Google Scholar Tip for Research Students and Academics

10:10 PM Google scholar

November 10, 2014
Today, I spent some time searching Google Scholar looking for some peer reviewed journal articles for a paper I am working on. However, during the process it dawned on me to share with you this handy search trick I have been using on Google Scholar to help me with reference mining. If you are a graduate or research student you know exactly how important it is to have access to a ready-made list of resources pertaining to your research topic. Compiling such a list is not an easy task and requires a lot of time and effort. One way to do it is through checking the reference lists included in journal articles you have read and from there you can look for other resources.

There is also another great way to search for academic resources related to your research topic using Google scholar. Here is how it works. First, head over to Google Scholar and type in your search query. In the search result page, you will see the phrase "cited by" featured under each search result. This feature allow users to see how many people have cited that source but it is also a goldmine of resources to use when looking for academic papers for your topic.

Clicking on the "Cited by" will direct you to a page where you will find other similar research papers that cited the initial source you are interested. Most of those research papers will have some relevance to your own search topic. Browse through them and you will definitely find more resources you will want to look at.

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7 Tips to Effectively Use Google Scholar

10:36 PM Google scholar

October 9, 2014
This is the third post in a series of posts I am sharing with you to help you better make the most out of Google Scholar. After we have learned how to effectively search Google Scholar and how to sift through its search results, today's resource features 7 important tips on how to easily find and access academic and scholarly articles. It is a sort of anatomy of how Google Scholar works and how to use each of its salient features. I find this document really helpful and can be used with students in class to help them discover the potential of this academic search engine.

This document is also available for free download from this link. For more resources on Google Scholar, check out this page.

6 Google Scholar Tips Every Teacher Should Be Aware of

5:00 AM Google scholar

October, 2014

This is the second post in a series of posts covering Google Scholar. The aim of this series is to help teachers and educators tap into the full educational potential of Google scholar through introducing them to the different services and search tips embedded within this academic search engine. In today's post we are going to talk about some useful tips on how to conduct better search on Google scholar.

1- How to find recent papers
By default, Google Scholar's search results are sorted by relevance not by date. However, to find recent articles on the topic you are searching, try out these search tips:

First type in your search query in Google Scholar and hit the search button. On the left sidebar of the search result page do the following:

Click "Since Year" to show only recently published papers, sorted by relevance;

Click "Sort by date" to show just the new additions, sorted by date

Click the envelope icon to have new results periodically delivered by email.

2- Locating the full text of an article
When you find an academic paper you are interested IN chances are you will only be able to access and read its abstract, full text article is usually reserved for subscribers. Here is a few things to try to help you locate the full text of an article:

Click a library link, e.g., "FindIt@Harvard", to the right of the search result; or click a link labeled [PDF] to the right of the search result;

Click "All versions" under the search result and check out the alternative sources;

Click "Related articles" or "Cited by" under the search result to explore similar articles.

For more Google scholar Tips, visit the help centre.

7 Indispensable Google Scholar Search Tips Teachers Should Know about

8:05 PM Google scholar

September 29, 2014
Google Scholar is definitely one of the best academic search engines out there. It is helping me a lot with my PhD studies and I am using it almost on a daily basis. The search part which I am sharing with you today is only a small part of what you really can do with Google scholar. There are actually several other features that are indispensable for academics and student researchers. Staring from today, I will be sharing with you some of the tips and ideas on how to unravel the hidden mysteries of Google scholar and tap into its full educational potential.

In today's post, I am sharing with you some interesting ways to make the best of Google Scholar search. Using these hack will enable you to easily and effectively search, locate and cite your resources.