Google Scholar

About Google Scholar

• Please keep in mind that Google is not transparent about the journals or time ranges it indexes, and publishers occasionally request that Google Scholar not index their publications.
• Non-scholarly and/or non-peer reviewed material may also appear in Google Scholar, so it is best to use it in conjunction with other search tools.
• Please remember that peer-review is not a guarantee of trustworthiness in all cases either. Visit Retraction Watch to get a sense of how peer-reviewed articles are not always correct. Retraction Watch posts a Top 10 Most Highly Cited Retracted Papers.

Sample Search Strategies

Enter your search terms in the fields and choose where you want your words to appear.

To search for exact phrases, put your search terms in quotes.

• caffeine health

  A simple Google Scholar search for caffeine and health using the "All the Words" field. Using the keywords "coffee" "green tea" "black tea" in the "At least one of the words" field. Select the "anywhere in the article" button

• caffeine health coffee OR "green tea" OR "black tea"

  Results of the search listed above, where the search specifies articles covering caffeine and health, and noting coffee, black tea, or green tea.

• caffeine health author:"RR McCusker"

  A search for articles on a topic by a specific author, Rachel R. McCusker.

• caffeine health [2008-2013]

  These results have been limited to those published from 2008-2013.

For more tips on searching, visit Google Scholar Help

Linking Google Scholar to Mendocino College Library

Did you know that you can configure Google Scholar to offer links back to articles you can get through the Mendocino College Library? Changing a few simple settings is all that's needed.

Go to Google Scholar.

Expansion Menu

Settings

Enter Mendocino in the blank and click the search button. You'll then see the options for connecting to Mendocino College's Full Text databases. Check all boxes.

Click Save.