Subject Guides: Access & Discovery: Using Google Scholar

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Manuals & Guidelines

Clearing Browser History
Google Scholar Settings This guide will help you to optimise your Google Scholar settings so that you will find eResources that UP subscribe to.
Off Campus Access Guide
On Campus Access Guide

Using Google Scholar

The Library has enabled its full text holdings on WorldCat and EBSCO Discovery Services (the Library's OpenURL linking service) in Google Scholar. Search results display the following University of Pretoria Library links in results, when configured correctly:

FullText@UP – Links to a University of Pretoria Library’s full text sources through WorldCat.
EDS@UP – Links to the University of Pretoria Library’s full text sources through EBSCO Discovery Service.

NOTE: To enable your computer to find the relevant material on Google Scholar, you will have to make the following changes to your settings for Google Scholar when you are off-campus. On campus users are recognized by their IP and no configuration should be needed.

Follow this link https://scholar.google.co.za/scholar_settings?sciifh=1&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5#2 that will direct you to the settings screen for Google Scholar.

From your search results, choose the relevant links on the right hand side, to view the full-text journal articles. Please note that when accessing licensed library resources, from off-campus, users will be prompted to authenticate as library users.