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Go to scholar.google.com and type in your search terms. Boolean logic (AND, OR) will be ignored, so don't bother with it.

ONCE YOU HAVE A SEARCH RESULT, you will see drop down menus that let you limit your search:

Setting Preferences

Set your preferences so that you will see items owned by Drew. Click on Scholar Preferences and go down to Library Links: 

Search for Drew in the Find Library box, and check the Drew University Links. Click Save Preferences to save these settings. You will have to do this only once for each web browser/computer you use.

Features:

OpenWorldcat searching (Library Search)

Some of OpenWorldCat has been made available to GoogleScholar for indexing.

Book entries are likely to look like this: Image Removed

Clicking on Library Search brings up the OpenWorldCat page: Image Removed

If the user is in an institution or library that is part of OpenWorldCat, there will be a box in the upper right corner with any direct library services, such as a link to the institution's catalog.

To find libraries that hold this book, the user enters their postal code or state in the 'Find Libraries with Item' Box: Image Removed

A list of the libraries in Worldcat holding the item appears below the Find Libraries box: Image Removed

Clicking on the library name will link to the record in that library's catalog; Clicking on Library Information links to the library's main or hours webpage. You can also click links in the book record to search those terms (such as Gardens -- History) in OpenWorldcat.

To search only Openworldcat, go to worldcat.org.

Reaching Journal articles

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You can search Google Scholar using field limits, or go into Advanced Search to limit by date or publication.

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Of particular use are the ability to search by date of publication, by author and by publication, not available on regular Google. You can also limit your search by subject area. However, if the date of publication or the author is not easily identified on the document, it will not be searchable.

You can limit to legal opinions and journals as seen above.

OpenWorldcat searching (Library Search)

Some of OpenWorldCat has been made available to GoogleScholar for indexing.

Book entries are likely to look like this:

Clicking on Library Search brings up the OpenWorldCat page:

If the user is in an institution or library that is part of OpenWorldCat, there will be a box in the upper right corner with any direct library services, such as a link to the institution's catalog.

To find libraries that hold this book, the user enters their postal code or state in the 'Find Libraries with Item' Box:

A list of the libraries in Worldcat holding the item appears below the Find Libraries box:

Clicking on the library name will link to the record in that library's catalog; Clicking on Library Information links to the library's main or hours webpage. You can also click links in the book record to search those terms (such as Gardens -- History) in OpenWorldcat.

To search only Openworldcat, go to worldcat.org.

What about GoogleBooks?

Items Some ttems from Google Book Search are also incorporated into the GoogleScholar search. Google Book Search allows you to search inside the digitized text of books, and to see snippets of varying sizes of the text of books in Google Book Search. (Books that are out of copyright may be displayed in their entirety. Here's an example.

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