Saturday, November 08, 2008

When Google Scholar's Integration with Google Search is Useful

If you ever find an interesting academic paper in Google's search results:


...and when you click on the result, the page says that you need a subscription:


... go back and click on "All n versions", below the search snippet, to find other versions of the paper from Google Scholar. If you're lucky, you'll find the paper in the HTML, PDF or PostScript format.


Tip: to find a link to the full version of an academic paper in Google Scholar, look for the green arrow.

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When Google Scholar's Integration with Google Search is Useful by Alex Chitu
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Blogger cgull said on November 8, 2008 9:43 AM PDT:
This is a great feature, this should be included in all universities.
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Anonymous Affan Laghari said on November 8, 2008 9:45 AM PDT:
I think Google Scholar now shows in the main search results if there is any PDF version. I mean previously, it was like you said that we had to view 'All n versions' to see if any PDF version is there. However, currently, if there is any PDF version, then Google Scholar shows it besides the main result even on the main SERP. Search for this to confirm:
allintitle:"impact of global warming on the tree"

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q=allintitle%3A%22impact+of+global+warming+on+the+tree%22
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Anonymous Affan Laghari said on November 8, 2008 9:48 AM PDT:
Btw, I think this is one of the best things Google has done for the academic community, especially for those living outside USA/UK where subscription to online scholarly journals isn't usually provided by universities (like many UK universities give Athens Access).
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Anonymous Reader said on November 8, 2008 3:48 PM PDT:
I have been more successful in finding full copies of papers by searching paper titles in regular Google search than in Scholar.
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Anonymous Bill Bell said on November 8, 2008 4:28 PM PDT:
Let me mention in this context that you might find a Greasemonkey script that I just wrote useful :

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36647

It highlights (at least some of the) items that are free, including those mentioned here, by increasing the size of the font in which their titles are displaed.
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Anonymous Carl Morris said on November 9, 2008 1:36 PM PDT:
I can't find another place to post it... but, I want my Google Home Page back... When I click on home, I DON'T WANT to go to G-mail.. Fix, this please!!
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Blogger Mysterius said on November 10, 2008 6:32 PM PDT:
@Carl Morris: That's strange. Have you used anything recently that could have caused this? Have you checked the URL of your bookmark? Google.com shouldn't redirect to Gmail, ever.
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Blogger Alex Chitu said on November 11, 2008 2:59 AM PDT:
@Mysterius:
That's a known bug. When you open an iGoogle gadget in canvas view and reload iGoogle, it shows the last gadget opened in canvas view, in this case the Gmail gadget. The workaround is easy: there's a button at the top of the page that lets you close the canvas view.
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Blogger comment gravity well said on November 15, 2008 3:37 PM PDT:
pirates are lucky folks
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