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Goggle Scholar

Guide on setting up Google Scholar

Setting up Google Scholar

Google scholar lets you search across academic literature from journal websites, university repositories and when enabled and linked to the ADA National Digital Library.

 

To link ADA National Digital Library to your Google Scholar account follow these steps

 

1. Log into Google and open Google Scholar: scholar.google.com.au

 

2. Click on the hamburger menu to open settings

Open Google Scholar menue

 

3.. Click on Settings

Click on Settings

 

5. Select Library links

Select Library Links

 

6.Add the ADA National Digital Library:

  • In the search box type ADA
  • Click on the search icon to bring up results
  • Tick Australian Dental Association - Full Text@ADA
  • Click Save

 

7. You're now ready to run a search across Google Scholar.

Search my library on Google Scholar

 

8. Items that are available from the ADA National Digital Library will show Full Text @ADA on the right side of the search results page. To open an item click on Full Text@ADA.

To open click on Full Text @ADA

 

Note: If you're not logged into the National Digital Library you'll be promoted to log in with your ADA Federal Membership ID (username) and password.

Limitations of Google Scholar

Google Scholar picks up draft versions of articles that haven’t been through the peer-review process

These will often show up on websites such as ResearchGate and SSRN. Wherever possible, you should refer to the final peer-reviewed version of an article which includes the journal title, volume/issue number, and page range.

Google Scholar doesn’t let you limit your search to peer-reviewed content

It’s up to you to evaluate the quality and credibility of each resource.

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