Google Scholar
Database Description
Note: Use of this resource is restricted to current University of Pittsburgh faculty, students, and staff, and may be used for individual research purposes only. Any other use is prohibited.
Access:
Description:
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for
- scholarly literature
- peer-reviewed papers
- theses
- books
- preprints
- abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research
Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Getting full text via Google Scholar:
Pitt affiliates on campus will automatically see a " Full-Text @ My Library" link that will connect you to the full text if it is available to Pitt users.
Getting full text via Google Scholar off campus:
Pitt users off campus will need to set University of Pittsburgh as their institutional access link in Google Scholar preferences:
- Go to Google Scholar's Settings > Library Links
- Search for University of Pittsburgh
- Select "University of Pittsburgh - Full-Text @ Pitt" and save your settings
- Do your search in Google Scholar
- Click on the link for " Full-Text @ Pit" that will appear to the right of the title of the resource and you'll be prompted to enter your Username and Password.
Coverage
- Varies by publication
Information Type:
- Citations? Yes
- Abstracts? Yes
- Full Text? Yes
Frequency of Updates:
- Daily
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