google Scholar
Most of us have used Google as a starting place for research on the Internet. It can provide many useful information sources and many other leads to information not freely available on the Internet. You might not be aware of Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) which is another search tool available from Google. Google Scholar provides more focused, scholarly and academically-oriented search results such as full-text documents, links to scholarly articles either free or for a fee, book citations (some full-text if out of copyright).
The Google Scholar search interface looks like this:
Google Scholar also has the ability to connect you with full-text documents that are included in the Bellarmine Library's subscription services like Ebscohost and ProQuest. If you are searching Google Scholar from an on-campus computer, this will be done for you automatically. If you are searching from an off-campus computer, you must configure Google Scholar to connect to Bellarmine Library's resources.
Search results from a Google Scholar search will look like the following:
The above results give no indication as to availibility through the Bellarmine library databases. Now look at the following results:
The above results indicate the documents circled in red are availible through Bellarmine Library databases
To configure your off-campus computer to identify articles availible through the Bellarmine Library databases, click on the Scholar Preferences link next to the Google Scholar search box.
On the Google Scholar Preferences page, look for the Library Links search box. Type Bellarmine University and click Find Library. You should then see a Bellarmine University Library - Full-Text @ Bellarmine checkbox like this: :
Make sure the box is checked and the click Save Preferences in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
Now when you run a search on Google Scholar, the Full-Text @ Bellarmine phrase will appear next to any item accessible through the Bellarmine Llibrary databases. You will still need to use your Bellarmine network ID and password when prompted. The following screen will appear:
For any questions on the above information, contact the library reference desk at 502-452-8317.