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WHAT IS GOOGLE SCHOLAR?

Google Scholar is a simple way which makes it easier for students, researchers

and people associated with the academia to conduct broad research for

scholarly literature, articles, peer-reviewed papers, thesis, books and

various academic resources.

The search titan Google came up with the finest of its application in the year

2004 and named it Google Scholar. The aim of this application is to make

academic research convenient for students, teachers and scholars.

USE OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR IN ACADEMIC

RESEARCH

Millions of university and private libraries

and other repositories have also linked up

with Google Scholar to contribute to the

database by offering their publications. However, majority of these libraries

reveal only a certain portion of source text which matches the topic of research.

In order to gain full access to the article, users need to use the subscription

service of these libraries by paying a certain monetary amount.

BASIC FEATURES OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR SEARCH ENGINE

Academic search engines allow users to carry out their research on factors of

citation count and date of publication whereas with Google Scholar, the

researcher can precisely come across results in order of relevance, citation,

quality, ranking and full text accessibility.

ADVANCED SEARCH FEATURES OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR

The advanced search features of Google Scholar provide academic researchers

and scholars with the options of researching material by date, type, subject

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category and name of author/authors hence returning results which are

tailored to the exacting specifications of academic requirements.

SEARCH BY AUTHOR NAME

Search by Author feature provides the option to search materials and resources

published or authored by a specific author.

SEARCH BY DATE RANGE

Search by Date feature allows users to set a date

range for any publication hence limiting results

between pre specifies time ranges.

SEARCH BY PUBLICATION

Search by Publication provides the option of researching articles and research

papers in certain journals, papers or manuals by restricting the research to

specific journals by type, category or subject.

SEARCH IN SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA

The search option to research within specific subject categories give users the

option to conduct searches in the following subject areas:

Biology, Life Sciences, and Environmental Science

Medicine, Pharmacology, and Veterinary Science

LEGAL OPINIONS AND JOURNALS

The Legal Opinions and Journals search feature allows you to limit your search

to legal opinions and journals by either selecting the option itself from the

advanced search page of Google Scholar or by select the type of collection from

the drop down menu displayed on the search results page.

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SEARCH OPERATORS FOR USING GOOGLE SCHOLAR

"+" OPERATOR

It includes common words, letters and numbers which are normally ignored by

Google’s search technology.

Example: [+de Souza]

"-" OPERATOR

It excludes all results that include a particular search term, keyword or term.

Example: [apples -author:apples]

PHRASE SEARCH

It only displays results which include a particular phrase word or term in it.

Example: [“ bio chemical data”]

"OR" OPERATOR

This operator returns results that include either one of the search

terms, as specified in the research.

Example: [finance OR money]

"INTITLE:" OPERATOR

It only returns results that include your search term in the document’s title.

Example: [intitle:cloning]

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LIMITATIONS OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR

A limitation with Google Scholar is that even after six years of its launch, it is

the beta version meaning it is still undergoing development of its database.

Nonetheless, it is the best tool which simplifies the research process of scholars

by exposing them to diverse literature.

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