BOS 101: Food is Love!: Articles on Your Topic

Google works with libraries to determine which journals and papers they've subscribed to electronically.  Once you configure the Library Links settings in Google Scholar, links to full-text articles will display in Google Scholar when they're available through Simmons Library.

Use Google Scholar From On-Campus

      To make these links appear, just access Google Scholar from any Simmons computer and the links will automatically be included.

Google Scholar From Off-Campus

1. Click on Settings link in the upper right corner of Google Scholar.
2. Choose "Library Links" on the left, type Simmons University and click the "Search" button.
3. If prompted, check "Simmons University - Check Simmons Full Text" from the list of results.
4. Click the blue "Save" button.
5. Start searching Googel Scholar with links to your library's resources (you may need to authenticate yourself to access these resources).

Keywords are...

• A good way to start a search.
• The important concepts in your own words.
• Found anywhere in the article (title, author, subject terms, etc.).
• Very flexible.

Connecting concepts...

• Join similar ideas or alternate term with "OR."
• Link different parts of your topic with "AND."
• Exclude concepts with "NOT."

Limit to Peer-Reviewed or Scholarly articles...

• This is part of the publication & editorial process for academic and research journals.  
• Being peer-reviewed is a sign that a paper's author(s) have done a certain level of due diligence in their work and their research is complete, manages conflicts-of-interest, and is fair and objective.

Narrow the Date Range...

• When looking for Current Research or Evidence-Based Practices limit your date range to the last 3-5 years.

Still not finding anything?  Ask a Librarian!

When you're looking at search results in a database you're going to see a few different ways to get to the full article, usually either...

 or  

Both of these will take you to the article!

Click the Find Full-Text button and a new tab or window will open. In this tab, your article will load automatically. You will also see a YELLOW ribbon with a link saying "Go To Full Text Finder Results"--click the link if the article doesn't load on its own.