Guide to advanced search in Google Scholar
Channel: Studiestöd och Bibliotek vid Högskolan Väst
Date: 18/03/2015

This quick guide and tutorial is meant to help users learn how to search more effectively in search engines like Google Scholar by using the Advanced search page and various search strategies and tips. The starting point is the basic search box. Among the search strategies and search tips covered are phrase search, Boolean operators or search commands, also called Boolean logic, the use of keywords to describe a topic, as well as the use of synonyms and alternative terms and hyperlinks to researchers’ public profiles. The Google Scholar Settings page is explained as well as how to interpret the results screen in Google Scholar. The guide focuses on the most common search strategies and tips for searching scholarly literature, for example scientific articles, in Google Scholar.