Tag Archives: google scholar

T3: Google Scholar Settings

Google Scholar can be a great tool to use in combination with the Library’s databases. As long as you are on campus or using the campus VPN, Google Scholar will show you links that will help you find the full … Continue reading

Posted in tech tips | Tagged , | Comments Off on T3: Google Scholar Settings

T3: Access Library Resources when UW-Whitewater Websites Unavailable

All of UW-Whitewater’s websites (including the Library’s homepage) will be down for maintenance Friday, July 24, from 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Even when the Library’s website is down you can still access many of our resources. Here’s how: Research@UWW … Continue reading

Posted in online @ the library, tech tips | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on T3: Access Library Resources when UW-Whitewater Websites Unavailable

New Google Scholar Feature

One of the ways of judging the impact of an article/author is to look at the numbers of times that article/author has been cited by others. If you’ve used Google Scholar before, you may have noticed that part of the … Continue reading

Posted in around the world, tips for research | Tagged , | Comments Off on New Google Scholar Feature

Orientation Week Events

The Library is involved in several events during Orientation Week and we’d like you to know about them! Google for Scholarly Research Presented by Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction Librarian 27 August 2009 (Thursday) — 9-10 AM — UC 261 … Continue reading

Posted in around the library, campus connection | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Orientation Week Events

Art History – best research tools

Since Google pretty much dominates the search engine world, it seems to set the gold standard for web searching. A recent blog entry mentioned the article that compared the scholarliness of Google Scholar content vs. library database content. “How Scholarly Is … Continue reading

Posted in around the library, online @ the library | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Art History – best research tools

Jux2 v. Google v. Yahoo

I admit that my computers have Google search boxes at the ready all the time. But recently I read something about jux2, which tries to combine the best results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN/Live Search. These search engines had the … Continue reading

Posted in tips for research | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Jux2 v. Google v. Yahoo