Using Google Scholar off-campus

Feedback from academics and researchers has told us that lots of you use Google Scholar, so the library is making it easier for you to access our resources via Google Scholar.

If you click on any of the Google Scholar links from the library website when off-campus it will ask you to login with your IT username and password. When you search it will then supply you with links to the full text of items the library has access to.

This already happens automatically on-campus.

Click on the link underneath the search box on the Library homepage:

Click on the link from the A-Z of Databases:

Or use the search box on the right-hand side of any of the library webpages:

Set Google Scholar Preferences to remember University of Leicester access:

If you use the same computer a lot off-campus then instead of going through the library webpages you can set the Google Scholar preferences so it knows you are from the University of Leicester.

Go to Google Scholar

1. Choose ‘Settings’ top right

2. Then choose ‘Library links’ in left hand menu of next page displayed

3. Use the search box displayed to search for ‘University of Leicester’.

4. Enable the University of Leicester linking services displayed by ticking the boxes against them

5. Save your preferences

(preferences are saved as cookies in your browser)

Search results will then include ‘Leicester eLink’ for journals we subscribe to.

Searching ABS Journals in Business Source Premier

In Business and Management Studies, researchers undertaking a literature review sometimes search across a defined group of journals. This is a way of focusing the literature search to make the results more relevant to the questions in hand. Groups are often chosen from the Association of Business Schools (ABS)'s Academic Journal Guide . Read more how about how they put together the guide here . There are several ways to search across ABS journals. Here is how to do it in Business Source Premier, a leading literature database for this subject area. 1. Login into the ABS journal guide. If you have never used it before you will need to create an account. 2. You can use the guide to draw up a group of journals either by using the Rankings information or the Fields. Fields divides up the journals into categories of research focus e.g. Accounting, Finance etc. In this example we will use the Fi...

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar if you have a Google Account. Go to Google Scholar and sign into your Google Account. Conduct your search. Click on the Star icon (Save) under each reference you want to export. Then click on My Library in the top, right of the screen. Select all the references and click on the Export option: Click the Star/Save Icon Choose Export Option To Export into EndNote Choose the EndNote option. Open the EndNote file that is created. The references should automatically import into EndNote. To Export into RefWorks Choose the RefMan option. Save the RIS file that is created. Login to your RefWorks account. Click on the plus (+) button. Choose Import References. Add the RIS file you just saved. Set the file import option to RIS - Reference Manager. Click import and your references will be imported. --- Good Practice Tip: Always check that all the reference information you need has been...

Research as comics - Applied Comics Network

On Saturday 9th May I attended the first Applied Comics Network event to talk about the PhD sessions I offer on 'Communicating your research as a comic strip'. The event was looking at the use of comics for informational and educational purposes. Attendees included academics, PhD students, graphic facilitators and comic creators. Applied Comics Network is run by Lydia Wysocki ( Newcastle Science Comic , Applied Comics Etc ), John Swogger (Archaeology in the Caribbean, Something Different About Dad), and Ian Horton (Coordinator for Contextual and Theoretical Studies, London College of Communication). They started the event off (before & after the interruption of a fire alarm!) by looking at the different types of comics the network might cover. They had all come up with different categories but they included: Instructional (instructions for using/doing things) Informative (providing facts/information) Educational (these might be factual or have a narrative to ...

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