2008-11-17
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a search engine that specializes in finding scholarly literature on the World Wide Web. Through the user-friendly interface you can search the web for peer-reviewed papers and articles, theses, books, abstracts, citations and other scholarly literature from many different areas of research.
The big advantage of using Google Scholar compared to ordinary Google is that much irrelevant information is filtered away. Another advantage is that much of the material in our databases can be reached through a single search interface.
Students and staff at BTH that log on using this Web address will have access to the full text resources of the university library through Google Scholar:
http://miman.bib.bth.se/login?url=http://scholar.google.se/
Always use the link SFX@Blekinge if it is available in the hit list, as you'll then automatically be linked to the full text version of the document. Note that not all documents are available in full text despite the fact that there is a SFX-link present.
When searching for information you should always endeavor to use several different information sources in order to get an encompassing search result. It isn't unusual for a certain article to be available in full text in one database, while it is only available as an abstract in another. Therefore, Google Scholar is suitable to use as a complement to other information sources, like more subject-specific databases or library catalogues.
Again, it is important to note that in order to get access to articles in full text, one must use the link to Google Scholar found on our website. It is located on this page:
Ted Gunnarsson, library Infocenter
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