Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a great tool for doing a broad search of scholarly literature on your topic:
- Google Scholar searches across many disciplines.
- Your search results will include a broad range of sources, including journal articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, academic books, pre-prints, and abstracts.
- Results come from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
- Google Scholar also includes court opinions and patents.
You'll just want to keep some things in mind:
- Coverage is not comprehensive. Many sourcess are hidden in publishers' databases and journals that Google can't search, so you'll want to look at other databases as well.
- Search results can include links to things like course syllabi and high school term papers, so you'll want to evaluate what you find.
You can access advanced search features by clicking the arrow in the right of the search box. These features allow you to refine your search.
Look for the words Get Full Txt @ Holy Cross next to an article. You should be able to access any of these articles through the library's subscriptions. If you come across a source that Holy Cross does not have access to, remember that you can request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
When you are on the Holy Cross campus, Google Scholar will automatically show you those Get Full Txt @ Holy Cross links next to articles that Holy Cross has access to. If you are off-campus, you can set your Scholar Settings to show the links for accessing sources through Holy Cross. You can modify your settings by selecting the Settings link in the upper-right corner of Google Scholar webpage.
Click on the Cited by and Related articles links at the bottom of a search result to find more relevant articles and books.
Tracing the Scholarly Conversation in Google Scholar
Google Scholar will allow you to discover articles that cite a specific article. Click the "cited by" link underneath the description of the article. This will bring you to a list of articles that cite the original article you searched for.