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Google Scholar: Search Limits & Advanced Search

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

Search Limits & Advanced Search

To refine your search results, use the limit options to the left of your search results.

Screenshot of left sidebar of Google Scholar search results showing search limit options, including options to filter by date, sorting by relevance or date, return review articles, and options to include patents and citations and create alerts for search results.

 

To use Google Scholar Advanced Search options, click on the menu icon in the top left corner of the Google Scholar homepage.

Click on "Advanced Search".

Screenshot of upper left corner of Google Scholar homepage, highlighting the dropdown menu button with the "advanced search" link highlighted

 

Advanced Search lets you search in the author, title, and publication fields, as well as limit your search results by date.

Screenshot of advanced search page on Google Scholar, showing options to customize searching by words or phrases, and searching by author, journal title, and date range

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.