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Google Scholar Via the Pollak Library
Use Google Scholar to search through thousands of journals, many of which the Pollak Library owns. You can also find patents and legal documents with Google Scholar.
By connecting Google Scholar to the Pollak Library, you have access to a special "Pollak Library Find It!" link in order to determine if a particular item of interest is available full-text online, in print, or through interlibrary loan.
If you need assistance with connecting to Google Scholar from off campus, the information on this page offers one way to configure Google Scholar so that it connects with resources available through the Pollak Library.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowSearch for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all subjects. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Internet Searching
Six Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
As your do your research on the Internet, take the time to evaluate the content you will find on the Web sites you visit. Six criteria you can use to evaluate the information on these Web sites are:
- Authority
- Objectivity
- Accuracy
- Currency
- Content / Relevancy
- Aesthetics
For more information on each of the six criteria, please refer to the related link below. In addition, you may also wish to view a tutorial on evaluating Web sites. The link to the tutorial is available in the upper-right-hand corner of this section.
Related Link:
Internet Searching
Please read the information below to learn how you can construct a search of government Web sites in Google for information on your research topic.
To search education Web sites, please type: site:.edu [skipping a space and then entering your search term(s)]
For a search of organization Web sites, please type: site:.org [skipping a space and then entering your search term(s)]
Additional Tip
As always, please take the time to evaluate your sources.
Popular Sources
Sample Resources for Popular Articles
- US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowProvides access to many major U.S. and international newspapers, including local titles (LA Times, Orange County Register) and national titles.
- Readers Guide Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 400 of the most popular magazines and journals published in the United States and Canada, with about full text for half of them. Particularly useful for locating magazines dealing with popular culture, such as fashion, current events, home and garden, entertainment, consumer information, and sports.
