Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a useful tool for locating scholarly sources. Its ease of use and similarity to basic Google attract many users. It is possible to check library local holding information through Google Scholar. Google Scholar crawls library holding information via ScholarSFX or SFX.

Google Scholar and ScholarSFX
scholarsfx is free both to members and non-members. Unfortunately, the ScholarSFX service doesn't exist anymore.

Google Scholar and SFX
I've been implementing Google Scholar at SDSU libraries. Google Scholar has gone live recently.

For on-campus users:
Go to Google Scholar and do a search, additional links called "Find it@SDSU" are now available. Clicking on these links will provide access to articles included in our e-journal or print holdings.

For off-campus users, you need to take additional steps:
• Click on the 'Scholar Preferences' on the Google Scholar homepage.
• Type "sdsu" in the search box behind Library Links.
• Click on 'Find Library'
• Select 'South Dakota State University - Find it@SDSU' as one of the libraries that you wish to appear on Scholar results screens.
• Click on 'Save Preferences' at the bottom of the webpage.

For more information, please see Linking to SDSU Library resources in Google Scholar.

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