How to link NC State University Library to Google Scholar – Google scholar provide two ways to make it easier to access the electronic and print resources in your library.
Library Links – Library links are article-level links to subscription full text for patrons affiliated with a library. This program works best for electronic resources, such as journal and conference articles.
Library Search –Library search offers links to book catalogs where the patron can check local availability of a book, or request a library loan. This program works best for print resources, such as textbooks and monographs.
What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar allows you to search across a wide range of academic literature. It draws on information from journal publishers, university repositories, and other websites that it has identified as scholarly.
Google Scholar is designed to help you discover scholarly sources that exist on your topic. Once you discover these sources, you’ll want to get your hands on them. You can configure Google Scholar to allow automatic access to the NC State University Libraries’ subscriptions to journals and databases. To learn how to set those preferences, watch our video on Configuring Google Scholar Settings.
Getting Started with Google Scholar
Get started with searching             Configure your settings
Check your Sources
Because of the variety of sources that Google Scholar uses, not every result you’ll see is necessarily peer-reviewed. Results may include other kinds of scholarly publications such as books, dissertations, conference papers, unpublished versions of articles, and other kinds of sources. While these items can all be useful, it is important to evaluate the sources for credibility.
