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Library Resources for Online Students

This guide was created to introduce 100% online students to resources and services available to them at the Mary and Jeff Bell Library.

Research Strategies and more!

Google Scholar is free to use on the internet, and has lots of full-text articles included. Google Scholar also allows you to search and explore papers that have cited other papers, and includes Web of Science citation counts and lists when available. 

You can also set up your own researcher/scholar profile, and organize citations. The video below demonstrates five tips that will help you maximize your Google Scholar searches.

 Google Scholar  is also useful for Literature Reviews and intensive searching!

Google Scholar contains much more content in languages other than English and English content from more geographically diverse areas. That can be an advantage if you are performing a literature review. 

Use "Related articles" and "Cited by" links to access articles that are similar or related to the article citation you are examining. 

This image shows what an article entry looks like in Google scholar with cited by, related articles, and web of science links highlighted.Related Articles finds articles written on similar topics.

Cited by lists all articles that cited the source article you are examining. Occasionally Google Scholar will also list Web of Science cited by counts. 

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Click on Search Strategies & Tips to continue learning about how to get the most from your searching and find journals by title with less stress.