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Google Search Tips

Google Searching Tips

  • Remember to use "quotation marks" around phrases to restrict your search to more relevant materials

  • Use the site: search feature to find quality information quickly 

Type site:  plus the site domain you want to search and then your keywords

  • Works for government, organisations, parliament and more 

So, if you want to find out about employability for graduates try:

  • site:parliament.uk graduates skills gap

  • site:gov.uk graduates employability universities 

  • site:org.uk "graduate skills" employability

It really works!!

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a search engine that allows you to search for more academic content on the web.  You can use it to track down journal articles, book details and more.  You can set it up to show you which results you can access via a Solent University library subscription.
 

Link to full text content from Solent University Library

This will tell you if the Library has a copy of the article for you to read or not.  To set this up on your device:

  • In Scholar, click on the icon in the top left corner:  menu icon
  • Select Settings and then select 'Library Links'.  Enter 'Solent' in the search box then select Solent University - Is it @ Solent and Save. 
  • Any results available via Solent will now show this link to give you access: ​​is it @solent icon

OFF CAMPUS: You must check the access information for each article via the Is It @ Solent screens and login to view. 

Send reference details to RefWorks

Set up a link to 'Import into RefWorks' for each result in your list.  To set this up, go into the menu icon menu, select Settings and in the 'Bibliography Manager' section, select RefWorks and save.


Basic and Advanced search
Enter your search terms into the Basic search box.  If you want more control over your search, you can access the Advanced search via the menu icon icon.

Results list

Your results list will include a number of options for each result where you can view other items that might be of interest, mark the item to read later and send the reference to RefWorks etc.

import to refworks button on ribbon in word.

  • Select the 'star' save icon to add the article to your 'My library'.
  • Cited by: links you to other resources which have referenced (cited) that document.
  • Related articles: see a list of other articles you may be interested in.
  • Import into RefWorks: send the reference details into RefWorks (or use the option under the speach marks icon  to send to RefWorks).

My Library

Sign in and access articles you have saved.  Save articles by clicking on the star icon beside it in the results list.

Google Scholar hacks

Whilst we would usually recommend using the academic databases, linked to via your LibGuide, as the best sources of literature for your assignments, we appreciate that Google Scholar can also have a place in the overall research approach. In this Google Scholar hacks video, which is also embedded below, we explore the strengths and limitations of Google Scholar and introduce you to some tools and techniques in order to get the most out of your searches there.

We have also produced a written version of this guide using the script of the video which you can access below as a PDF: