How to configure Google Scholar to have it recognize you as a member of the UofT community
If you don't see Get full text when you are off-campus using Google Scholar, connect Google Scholar to our Library resources in order to read and download articles without paying unnecessary fees. Remember that the University of Toronto Libraries have already paid subscription fees for most of the articles.
To link Google Scholar to the University of Toronto Libraries, see the instruction below.
Use the databases below to find scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles for your assignment.
★ Make sure to use Ulrich's Web if the database does not have a peer-review option. ★
* Some contents can be primary sources as well.
To find relevant articles and information in a database, you need to create a search to tell the system to find journal articles on your topic and identify keywords and form a search request.
Successful searching often needs Boolean Searching (Using AND and OR) and Truncation: e.g., asterisk (*).
DON'T PANIC at these terms, you probably know how to do this already. However, just to make sure everyone is aware of these tips, here are two tutorials to make sure.
Watch the following video to take advantage of Ulrichsweb:
0:00 – How to find Ulrichsweb, using LibrarySearch
0:51 -- Remember to type in the JOURNAL title, not the article title
1:58 -- Make sure your article is a research article, since peer reviewed journals have other content
3:21 -- You can access the journal through Ulrichsweb