We’ve recently added Google Scholar to our list of databases on the library website and in the set of reusable database links in LibGuides. After looking at the database listings for 66 schools (all the libraries in CUNY, SUNY, the CIC, and the Cal State and UC systems), we found that 48 of those institutions had Google Scholar on their A-Z database lists.
Given that many of our students and faculty already use Google Scholar, we decided that it was worth adding so that we can ensure that our users get the most out it. With that in mind, we created a special link to it that runs the user through our EZproxy system AND sets up the Google Scholar advanced preferences option so that our users will see links to SFX next to most items on the search results page.
As you can see from this screenshot, Google Scholar won’t display the usual “Find It” icon we see in our library databases but instead offers a link labeled “Find Full Text at Baruch.”
