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Planning Your Search
A PDF with notes of slides used during an online workshop. Updated September 2022.
Google & Google Scholar
Linking from Google Scholar to University of Derby Library Resources
A short PDF showing how you can link Google Scholar to Library Search and ProQuest Full Text to optimize Google Scholar searching.
Using Google - Scholar keyword search
Brief collection of slides looking at using Google Scholar to search for items containing some of your key topic terms [.pptx 2.8MB]
Using Google - Reverse Image Search
Brief collection of slides covering how--and why--you'd use Google Images' Reverse Image search option [.pptx 3.7MB]
Using Google - Setting up alerts
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]
Google Tools and Tips
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]
Using Google - Scholar Citation Search
Brief collection of slides showing how--and why--you'd do a citation search in Google Scholar. [.pptx 2.7MB]
Using Google - Advanced Google Search
Brief collection of slides covering the advanced search in Google and how to make the search engine work harder for you [.pptx 2.8MB]
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