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Google Scholar Guide Me
Guide Me
Google Scholar
Description
This Guide Me demonstrates how to use the custom search engine Google
Scholar to find scholarly information.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
www.monash.edu/library/
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Screen 1 - Introduction
Information caption: This Guide Me demonstrates how to find scholarly
information using the custom search engine Google Scholar. By the end of
this tutorial you should be able to:
 access and customise Google Scholar settings.
 find scholarly information using boolean, filter and advanced searching.
 access the full-text of items, where available.
This activity will take approximately 3 minutes to complete
Click CONTINUE to begin.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 2 – Guide Me Instructions
Description of what a Guide Me is as well as different types of boxes with
explanations on what you do when you see them in the Guide Me tutorial.
Information caption: A Guide Me is a self-paced tutorial that allows you to
navigate through a real-world scenario within a structured example. Follow the
hints and instructions provided to complete this tutorial.
Instruction caption:
1) Follow the instructions found in the green captions to navigate through the
tutorial.
2) Look out for the yellow highlighted areas of the screen. These will indicate
where to click.
3) Type the relevant text into the text boxes provided and press Enter to
continue.
4) Roll the mouse over any green highlighted areas on the screen to view
more information.
5) Read the red captions when they appear. They will offer feedback and
clear instructions when you lose your way.
6) Pause, play, restart and move backwards and forwards through the
tutorial using the buttons provided on the running bar.
7) More hints and tips will be available throughout the tutorial.
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Screen 3 – Access and customise Google Scholar settings
Text slide including the logo for Google Scholar.
Information caption:
Google Scholar is a custom search engine that indexes “academic publishers,
professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites”
(Google Scholar About, 2013). It contains scholarly books, journal articles and
conference proceedings. Google Scholar is useful for finding scholarly
information on a wide variety of subjects.
When current Monash University staff and students log in via the Monash
University Library website, Google Scholar will include a link to the full-text of
items held in the Monash University Library collection. Alternatively you can
specify your library through the Google Scholar settings.
Click CONTINUE to learn how to customise your Google Scholar settings.
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
www.monash.edu/library/
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Screen 4 – Finding Google Scholar within library environment
Slide shows Monash university library homepage
Information caption:
Start from the library homepage: www.monash.edu/library/
Instruction caption: Click on the Databases A-Z link.
External search engines and databases can be found through the Databases
A-Z link.
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Screen 5 – Databases A-Z
Slide shows Databases by Subject page.
Instruction caption:
A-Z index includes yellow highlight box on G indicating to click here.
Information caption:
You can find Google Scholar by browsing through the A-Z list.
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Screen 6 – Finding Google Scholar
Slide shows list of databases starting with G and scrolls through list with
highlight box on Google Scholar.
Instruction caption:
Open Google Scholar
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Screen 7 – Log In
Slide shows Monash Students and Staff Only Access to e-Resources sign in
page.
Information caption:
To access databases and other e-Resources through the library website you
need a current Monash staff or student Authcate user name and password.
Before using any e-Resources provided by the library read the Terms and
Conditions of use. Click NEXT to continue.
Instruction caption:
Please enter your Username
Please enter your password
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 8 –Google Scholar
Slide shows Google Scholar page with URL highlighted in Green and Settings
highlighted in Yellow.
Instruction caption:
1) Green Rollover Caption: Logging in through the Library website
ensures Google Scholar recognises that you are a member of Monash
University. (URL includes Monash eziproxy in address)
2) Yellow Click box: Alternatively you can choose your own library
through the Google Scholar settings.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 9 –Google Scholar Settings
Slide shows Google Scholar settings page with yellow click box on Library
Links.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Open the library links tab to choose your own
library.
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Screen 10 –Choosing your library though Google Scholar
Slide shows Google Scholar Library Links page with Green Rollover on the
Search box and a Clickbox on the Save option.
Instruction caption:
1) Green Rollover Caption: To choose you institution or library, simply
type the name into the search box and choose the appropriate
response. Monash has already been chosen as we have logged in
through the Monash Univeristy Library website.
2) Yellow Click box: Click Save to return to the Google Scholar search.
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 11 –Google Scholar
Slide shows Google Scholar homepage with some additional captions
including an button titled EXTRA.
Information caption:
1) Congratulations. You have accessed the Google Scholar custom
search engine and customized it to link to Monash University Library
resources.
2) Click CONTINUE to discover how to find scholarly information through
Google Scholar.
3) EXTRA button. Click here to set up Endnote as your bibliography
manager in Google Scholar.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 12 –Setting up Endnote
Slide shows Google Scholar homepage with Yellow Click Box on Settings and
an option to return to main tutorial.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Choose Endnote in the Google Scholar settings.
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Screen 13 –Setting up Endnote
Slide shows Google Scholar settings page with Yellow Click Box on the
Bibliography manager selection box and an option to return to main tutorial.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Select Endnote as your Bibliography manager.
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Screen 14 –Setting up Endnote
Slide shows Google Scholar settings page with Endnote selected in the
Bibliography manager and a Yellow Click box on the Save button as well as
an option to return to main tutorial.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Save the changes to return to the Google Scholar
search by clicking here.
Instruction caption:
Congratulations. You have chosen Endnote as Bibliography manager
in Google Scholar. Click Return to main tutorial to continue.
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Screen 15 – Boolean Search Operators
Slide shows a diagram of Boolean Operators.
This section will demonstrate how to find scholarly information through Google
Scholar using Boolean and Filter Searching. For more tips about Boolean
searching, complete the Developing a Search Strategy tutorial.
Boolean Operators
1) AND Operator - Two interlinked circles – one titled marketing AND one titled
Australia. The interlinked section is shaded dark green.
Text Caption: Marketing AND Australia - All results will contain both keywords
marketing AND Australia. In Google Scholar AND is assumed, so it does not
need to be explicitly added.
2) OR Operator - Two interlinked circles – one titled marketing and the other
titled advertising. Both circles are shaded dark green.
Text Caption: marketing OR advertising - Results will contain either keyword,
marketing OR advertising. When including this in an AND search, brackets
should be placed around the OR keywords.
3) NOT Operator – Two interlinked circles – one titled Australia and the other
titled the United States. Australia circle is shaded dark green. Text Caption:
Australia NOT United States - All items with the keyword United States will be
excluded from these results. When using this in an AND search, place the not
at the end of the search string. In Google Scholar the NOT is represented by
a minus [-] sign.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 16 – Find scholarly information
Slide shows a Google Scholar homepage with the message “type text here” in
the search box.
Instruction caption:
Using the Boolean search Operators AND and OR search for marketing or
advertising techniques used in Australia.
Feedback message: Please type (marketing OR advertising) techniques
Australia
Click Save to conduct search
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Screen 17 – Filtering results
Slide shows search results in Google Scholar for the search (marketing OR
advertising) techniques Australia. A Yellow click box is placed over the “Since
2009” filter on the left.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Filter the results to recent items published since
2009 by clicking on the “Since 2009” filter.
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Screen 18 – Using advanced search
Slide shows search results in Google Scholar for the search (marketing OR
advertising) techniques Australia. A Yellow click box is placed over the
downward arrow at the end of the search box indicating more options.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: To use the Advanced Search functions of Google
Scholar, click the down arrow in the search box.
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Screen 19– Using advanced search
Slide shows Google Scholar advanced search page with a rollover caption on
the search options. A Yellow click box is placed over the first search window
that currently has “techniques Australia” in it. The option for this window is to
find articles with ALL the words. The window that has “marketing advertising”
is prefaced with the option: find articles with AT LEAST ONE of the words.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Adjust the search to reflect the marketing or
advertising techniques used on children in Australia by adding an AND
keyword. (Add children to the box with techniques Australia in it). Click
on the Search option to action the change.
Information caption:
Rollover Caption: This advanced search offers different fields for different
boolean operators.
 All = AND search
 At least one = OR search
 Without = NOT search
Phrase searching (exact phrase) is also useful when searching for well-known
concepts. For example “advertising campaign.”
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Screen 20 – Using advanced search
Slide shows Google search results on the following search:
techniques Australia children marketing OR advertising
Information caption:
Congratulations. You have found scholarly information through the Google
Scholar custom search engine using Boolean, filters and advanced search
strategies. Click Continue to discover options for accessing the full text of
these items.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 21 – Access scholarly information
Slide shows Open Access logo with image of option “Purchase this article”
Information caption:
Google Scholar is a custom search engine, not a database. This means that it
does not contain or guarantee access to the full-text. Both open access and
subscription based resources can be found through Google Scholar, therefore
many of the results will not be freely available in full text. If you have logged in
as a current Monash University staff or student you will have broader access
to the full-text via access through the libraries databases.
Click CONTINUE to discover how to access the full text of items through
Google Scholar.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 22 – Access scholarly information
Slide shows Google scholar search results with first article title highlighted
with a yellow click box.
Instruction caption:
1)
Yellow Click box: Google Scholar automatically links to the website or
document through the title.
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Screen 23 – Access full-text article
Slide shows a video of the Australian Journal of Public Health web page. The
page scrolls down to show the title “Television Food Advertising to Children: A
Global Perspective” with a yellow highlight box over the option to select PDF.
Instruction caption:
1)
Yellow Click box: Open the full text (PDF) of the article.
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Screen 24 – Access full-text article
Slide shows a page showing the need to either sign in or subscribe to get
access to the article.
Unfortunately it appears that this article is not open access. Therefore we
cannot access the full-text through this site. Click CONTINUE to discover
how to find the full-text of this article through Monash University Library.
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Telephone +61 3 9902 6000 Facsimile +61 3 9905 4007
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Screen 25 – Check for full text links
Slide shows the Google search results page again with a ‘Check for full text”
link highlighted with a yellow click box in the right hand column beside the
details of the first article.
Instruction caption:
1)
Yellow Click box: If you have customised your settings in Google
Scholar the Check for full text link should appear.
This option checks the library or organisation specified in the settings to
discover whether it provides access to the full text.
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Screen 26 – Access article through Monash library
Slide shows a list of databases that contain the journal article from the
Monash University Library Search page with a Yellow click box on the first
database – Ebsco Host Business Source Complete.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Select a database that offers full text access of the
appropriate date range for this article.
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Screen 27 – Access article through Monash library
Slide shows Ebsco Host database page of the article record with a yellow
click box over the PDF Full Text link on the left.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Open the PDF Full Text of this article.
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Screen 28 – Access article through Monash library
Slide shows the full text (PDF) version of the article opened in the Ebsco Host
database.
Congratulations. You have accessed the full text of a journal article through
Google Scholar and the Monash University Library website. Click CONTINUE
to discover how to identify an open access version of this article.
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Screen 29 – Open access
Slide shows the Google search results page again with a “nih.gov [html]” link
highlighted with a yellow click box in the right hand column above the ‘Check
for full text’ link.
Instruction caption:
1)
Yellow Click box: Often if there is another link near the Check for full
text option it indicates that there is an open access version available,
especially if there is format information ([HTML] or [PDF]) provided.
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Screen 30 – Access open access article
Slide shows the open access version of the article: Television Food
Advertising to Children: A Global Perspective. There is also a button EXTRA
for additional information
Congratulations. You have accessed the full text of an open access journal
article through Google Scholar.
Click CONTINUE to finish this tutorial.
EXTRA: Export citations to Endnote from Google Scholar.
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Screen 31 – Exporting to Endnote
Slide shows the Google search results page again with a yellow click box
highlighting the link “Import into Endnote” directly below the details of the first
search result.
Instruction caption:
1)
Yellow Click box: If you have specified Endnote as your bibliographic
manager in the Google Scholar settings the Import into Endnote link
should appear.
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Screen 32 – Exporting to Endnote
Slide shows an open window titled “Opening scholar.enw” with a green
rollover box over the word Firefox and a yellow click box on OK button.
Instruction caption:
1) Yellow Click box: Open the reference in Endnote.
Information caption:
Rollover Caption: This export option may appear differently in different
browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Chrome. In some circumstances you
may need to save the file before opening it in Endnote.
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Screen 33 – Endnote library
Slide shows Endnote library with article successfully imported.
Congratulations. You have imported a reference from Google Scholar into an
Endnote library.
Click Return to main tutorial to finish.
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Screen 34 – Final screen
You have reached the end of this Guide Me tutorial. This tutorial
demonstrated how to find and access scholarly information through the
custom search engine Google Scholar.
Click on the REPLAY button to work through the tutorial again
OR
Close this window and continue the Finding sources tutorial.
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