How to use Google Scholar to find full text articles that the library has paid for?
Go to Google Scholar website.
Click on the title of an article in Google Scholar. If the library has subscribed to that journal, you can access the article directly, when you are on campus (If you are off campus, you will need your MSU NetID and Password to access the article, or you can install VPN).
Click on “Find It@MSState Libraries”. This will open up a dialog box. The Find It button will either connect to the library's online catalog or take you to the InterLibrary Loanrequest page.
Use quotation marks to search for exact phrases (“molecular genetics”).
Use Boolean operators to conduct effective searches. There are three Boolean search commands: AND, OR and NOT.
AND command looks for all of the search terms. This searching ensures that all terms are in the results.
OR command looks for one term or the other. This searching will return a large number of results.
NOT eliminates results that contain the specified term.
Look for journal articles?
To find journal articles, you will need to use the library's online databases. In the databases, you can conduct keyword, author, title, or subject searching.
Always use the Find It button for possible full text online.
If no full-text available online, then use the Find It button to connect to the library's online catalogto see if the library has the journal in print format, so you can locate it in the library.
If the library doesn't subscribe to the journal, you can request the needed article via the inter-library loan service.
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