Google Scholar
Find peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, and technical reports.
Search Tip: Connect USC Library to Google Scholar
To access Full Text via the library, update your personal settings in Google Scholar
- On the Google Scholar site, click on the Menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top left of the screen.
- Select Settings
- Click on Library links in the left column
- Type University of South Carolina
- Check the box next to UofSC University Libraries - ViewIt@UofSC
- Click Save
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Search Tip: Advanced Search
You can use the Google search operators in Google Scholar, plus some other search techniques
Searching for papers by a specific author?
author: finds papers written by
- Ex: author:washington
- returns papers written by people with the name Washington)
- Ex: washington –author:washington
- finds the word washington, but excludes papers written by people named Washington
Other Helpful Information
- Cited by
- Learn what other sources in Google Scholar have cited it
- Related articles
- Google has its own algorithm for determining similar articles
- Versions
- Especially helpful if your initial result doesn’t link to the full-text. Maybe another version will.
- Web of Science
- Learn what other sources from the Web of Science database (a library subscription) have cited it.
- Cite
- Shows the format for MLA, APA and Chicago styles.
To get to the Advanced search in Google Scholar, after doing a search click on the 3 lines on the top left of the screen
