Searching for Resources

A PDF with notes of slides used during an online workshop. Updated September 2022.

This guide details the step-by-step process to linking Google Scholar to Derby Library's E-Journals Finder and ProQuest Fulltext collections.
It won't be able to link to all of our full-text resources, but a considerable number should show a link when you search.
[PDF 602KB]

Brief collection of slides looking at using Google Scholar to search for items containing some of your key topic terms [.pptx 2.8MB]

Brief collection of slides covering how--and why--you'd use Google Images' Reverse Image search option [.pptx 3.7MB]

Brief collection of slides showing how to set up alerts via Google to keep you up to date with topics of interest [.pptx 2.8 MB]

A page of punctuation symbols, search operators and some tips and tricks which can be used in Google to do more strategic searching [.docx 32KB]

Brief collection of slides showing how--and why--you'd do a citation search in Google Scholar. [.pptx 2.7MB]

Brief collection of slides covering the advanced search in Google and how to make the search engine work harder for you [.pptx 2.8MB]