Using Google Scholar in the Best Way
                     Using Google Scholar in 
the Best Way
What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar is an academic search 
engine. It is a subset of the normal 
Google search. It provides academic 
results including research articles 
from reliable sources. It provides 
results from the thesis, peer-reviewed 
journals, books, university websites, 
academic repositories, and 
professional societies. Google Scholar 
is a free academic search engine with 
various advantages and advanced 
options for customizing search.
What is the History of 
Google Scholar?
Google scholar was first released in 
2004 and from then new features are 
continuously added in the search 
engine. In 2010, Google scholar alerts 
were introduced while citations were 
launched in 2011. In 2012, a new user 
interface was introduced along with the 
facility of getting results in various 
formats. Saving of search results in the 
“Google scholar library” for logged-in 
users was introduced in 2013. In 2018, 
Google scholar metrics were released 
for the year 2018.
How the Results are 
Customized in Google 
Scholar?
 Search Results: Through the search 
result options, the user may be able to 
set the number of search results per 
page, open each selected result in the 
new browser window, and can use links 
to import citations into BibTeX, 
EndNote, RefMan, and RefWorks 
through bibliography manager.
 Languages: The search can be 
customized to obtain the results in the 
required languages. Presently, the 
search can be obtained in 13 different 
languages.
 Library Links: If you have access to 
any of the library, you can submit the 
name of the library and get library 
access links to have the full text of 
articles.
 Account: Account setting may allow 
you to sign out or to use your previous 
search activity to get the relevant 
results.
 Button: Google scholar button is an 
extension that needs to be installed. 
Google Scholar button allows you to 
look for papers as you browse.
How to Use Google Scholar 
in the Best Way?
 Effective keywords: Avoid using long sentences 
as your search query. Instead, make a list of 
unique keywords related to your requirement to 
get the most relevant results.
 Date preferences: You can customize your search 
by inserting a range of years. This helps you in 
retrieving the most recent articles.
 Efficiently using the search options: Google 
scholar provides various search options and you 
should use them effectively to narrow down your 
search. You can also use quotes to concentrate 
your search.
 Proper use of Boolean operators: Google 
scholar allows the use of Boolean operators to 
customize the search. You should know the use of 
various Boolean operators such as AND, NOT, and 
OR.
How Google Scholar more 
Effective than Normal 
Google Search?
Google scholar search provides more 
relevant academic search results as 
compared to normal Google search. 
Unlike normal Google search, the 
Google scholar search avoids the 
general articles or articles from 
unreliable sources in the search result. 
Further, the format of the search string 
in Google scholar is quite similar to 
normal Google search. This provides a 
more comfortable experience for the 
user.
What are the Important 
Features of Google 
Scholar?
 Coverage: Google scholar is one 
of the most powerful academic 
search engine that crawls into 
almost all the free libraries and is 
supported by various reputed 
organizations such as American 
Chemical Society and Elsevier.
 Links to contents: Google scholar 
also provides accessible links to the 
users for full text. It also allows the 
user to use this service with their 
credentials.
 Citation alert and support: Google 
scholar provides citation support and 
alerts for those articles that are 
recently indexed by the search 
engine.
 Searching within the 
articles: Google scholar also allows 
the user to search within the articles 
to retrieve a relevant article.
What is Advanced Google 
Search?
Advanced Google search is an 
important feature to narrow down 
the results of your search query. It is 
important to note that you should 
familiar with the advanced search 
options otherwise you might skip 
the relevant articles.
What are the Limitations of 
Google Scholar?
 The authenticity of articles to be 
judged by the user.
 Many of the articles provided by 
Google scholar are not free.
 The ranking of the article is not done 
by date but by relevancy.
 The quality of results depends upon 
the source from which Google Scholar 
extracts the information.
What are the Various Other 
Alternatives to Google 
Scholar?
There are various other 
alternatives to Google scholar. 
Microsoft academic, launched in 
2015, is one of the strongest 
competitors of Google scholar. 
Other academic search engines 
include CiterSeerX, AMiner, CORE, 
BASE, and Semantic scholar.
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