Link Google Scholar to SUNY Cortland Library Full Text

There are two ways you can link to the SUNY Cortland Memorial Library's full text while you are searching Google Scholar:

1. Set up your Google Scholar account to link automatically to SUNY Cortland Library Full Text (see directions below).

2. Use the LibKey Nomad browser extension to provide links in Google Scholar to the Library's ONESearch (see directions below).

Google Scholar is Google's attempt at searching all scholarly literature, PLUS theses, books and book chapters, abstracts, court opinions, technical reports, and presentations.

These resources are gathered from “academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites" according to Google.

We've noticed that Google is lacking some of our library's content, so we suggest you try Google Scholar AFTER looking in the library databases.

Pros:

• High number of journals indexed
• Keyword searching in many articles
• Broad array of resources, with comparable “scholarliness” to subscription databases
• Powerful “cited by” tool

Cons:

• Full coverage unknown, as Google Scholar doesn’t publish a list of sources
• Few search options—can’t limit by source type
• Peer-review status indeterminate
• Limited information about articles (metadata)
• Citations from non-journal sources may skew “cited” counts