Google - Advanced search - Scholar
- Save time
- Narrow your search
- Weed out unwanted results
- Set limiters for accurate results
- Dates, languages, countries
- Select domain i.e. 'edu' or 'org'
- Select file format i.e. 'PDF' or 'doc'
- Google usually ignores punctuation
Google
- Academic articles
- Find quick links to BMIHMS database articles
- Download citation tool (Chrome only)
- Provides 'cited by' links
- Links to related articles
- Cannot limit to 'Peer-reviewed'
- Many articles are subscription only
- Cannot limit search to full content articles
More than just a pretty space!
- use "quotes"
- use the asterisk *
- keep it simple
- use minus sign (hyphen) -
- search for a file type :pdf
- "I'm feeling puzzled" or "I'm feeling playful" - boredom busters!
Google's mission- "to organize the world's information & make it universally accessible & useful".
Library's mission- to organise the world's information & make it accessible & useful to you!
Google is-
- A handy tool
- Useful for quick links
- Huge and constantly changing
- NOT a credible source of academic information