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This tutorial will teach you how to access free
article full text when searching with Google
Scholar.
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If you find a useful article using Google Scholar,
often you are unable to retrieve the full text
without buying it from the publisher.
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The price tag exists because Google Scholar is a
free index of resources, meaning it brings you
information about a lot of articles
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but not necessarily the full text.
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But don’t worry: you can quickly access the free
full text of an article by using the Full Text Options
- SMU link
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embedded on your Google Scholar results page.
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Full Text Options - SMU checks TC Library’s
databases and links you to the full text of that
article.
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If TC Library does not have the free full text of the
article, Full Text Options - SMU takes you to our
interlibrary loan request form.
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Remember, you never have to purchase an
article online.
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TC Library can get the article for you for free
through interlibrary loan.
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All computers on the Twin Cities campus have
the Full Text Options - SMU link already loaded
onto them.
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You can load this link onto your own computer as
well.
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To do this, go to Google Scholar’s basic search
page; click the link on the top right that says
settings.
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On the left side of the next page, select “Library
Links.”
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In the search box, perform a search for Saint
Mary’s University.
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Check the box next to Saint Mary’s University of
Minnesota - Full Text Options - SMU. Select Save.
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Now when you perform a search in Google
Scholar, you should see the Full Text Options -
SMU link appear either next to most
search results or listed under the dropdown
menu “more.”
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This concludes our tutorial on finding free full text
when searching with Google Scholar. Please
contact the library if you have any questions.