Google Scholar allows you to conduct a search for academic, scholarly materials such as books, journal articles, patents, and court cases.
To access Google Scholar with our University of South Alabama preferences set, go to Internet Search Engines on the Marx Library homepage and choose Google Scholar, or click here.
***Note: Preferences are important so that when you search, you will only receive articles that you can access through the Marx Library's databases. If you do not use Google Scholar with the Marx Library preferences set, you will get results that you cannot access.****
***Note: Google Scholar does not do an exhaustive or complete search of scholarly publications. Google Scholar does not index all available material. To conduct a complete search use our available databases.***
To manually set Google Scholar Preferences:
1. Go to https://libproxy.usouthal.edu/login?url=http://scholar.google.com/
2. Choose Settings by going to the drop-down menu with the 3 lines at the upper left.
3. Choose Library Links and then in the Library Links box, type University of South Alabama
4. You should get two choices: University of South Alabama - Full-Text@USA); Open WorldCat - Library Search.
5. Check the boxes in front of each one
6. Click Save Preferences
When searching Google Scholar, always use the "Advanced Search" option. Choose Settings by going to the drop-down menu with the 3 lines at the upper left.
Add the keywords, and other options for your search, and then click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner.
