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Google Scholar: Finding Full Text

Instructions and tutorials for using Google Scholar, and connecting a Google account to the OSU Library to access full-text articles and other resources.

Finding Full Text

Results in Google Scholar will be displayed with one of several notations:

Full-Text @ OSU Library, [PDF], [HTML], [DOC] - or have no notation at all.

If a notation is displayed, click the link to access the full text. 

'Screenshot of a search result on Google Scholar. On the right side of the screenshot, there is a highlighted link reading "Full-Text @ OSU Library"

 

If no notation is displayed, click on the double arrows ">>" under the citation to display "Full-Text @ OSU Library"

Screenshot of a Google Scholar search result. On the bottom line of the result, the last link, a double arrow shape, is highlighted.

Screenshot of Google Scholar search result showing the result of clicking the double arrow icon: the link "Full-Text @ OSU Library" is now displayed and highlighted.

 

Full-Text @ OSU Library may provide ways to access to the article, OR a link to request a copy through Interlibrary Services if we do not have online access.

If the access link does not work, or if there is no link, take your request directly to Interlibrary Services. This service obtains scans or loans of materials from other libraries, and is available without charge to OSU faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students.

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NOTE: links resources we do not have access to may inform you that you will have to pay to see the full text. Don't pay! You can generally obtain any Google Scholar result free through OSU Library's sources, such as databases, WorldCat, the Library's General Search or by ordering the paper, article, thesis, book, etc. from Interlibrary Services. 

Attribution

Content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and is adapted from "Using Google Scholar" by University of Connecticut Library which is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.