1. Advanced Searching IS530 Fall 2009 Dr. Dania Bilal

2. Google Scholar Scholarly literature Many disciplines and sources: –peer-reviewed publications Journal and conference proceedings –Theses –Books Sources of literature: academic publishers, professional societies, universities and other scholarly organizations.

3. Google Scholar Ranking Sorting results –Weighs the full text of each article, the author, the publication in which the article appears, and how often the piece has been cited in other scholarly literature. –The most relevant results will always appear on the first page. Source: Google Scholar

4. Google Scholar Google’s team works with publishers and index publications from all research disciplines. Libraries that have holdings listed in OCLC's Open WorldCat can participate in Google’s Library Links program. –Connects users to nearby libraries holding certain book(s). –Viewing holding libraries is achieved through clicking on the link “Library Search”

5. Searching Google Scholar Basic interface –Looks exactly like Google’s basic interface –An author’s name is best way to search Searched in different ways. Examples: – bilal dania –“bilal dania” –“dania bilal” – dania bilal Results show the most cited publication first.

6. Sample Search Results

7. Google Scholar Result has citation and summary Bilal’s first citation summary followed by: Cited by 198 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 6 versionsRelated articlesView as HTMLBL DirectAll 6 versions Cited by (no. of times a publication has been cited). BL Direct= British Library Direct

8. Google Scholar Advanced Search

9. Google Scholar Preferences (partial screen shot)

10. Browsing Google: The Directory

11. More Google Options Google directory is found at http://www.google.com/dirhp?hl=en More Google options and products found at http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

12. Search Refinement in Databases Selected Dialog databases –Demo using various search logic and refinement techniques Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) databases –Gale Databases –Gale Virtual Reference Library