Google Scholar
Remember to set the Scholar Preferences for Library Links to University of Central Florida.
A search in Google Scholar covers many sources, but once you've identified which sources index your topic consider focusing the search using the features and indexing inside specific databases.
- Google ScholarFree index for broadly searching scholarly literature. This link includes the UCF institution code so links to UCF's full text subscriptions will display. See below for other ways to set institution.
View the UCF Libraries Google Scholar videos to help you make the most of Google Scholar.
To use UCF Libraries subscription access:- Open Google Scholar Settings
- select Library Links
- Search for "University of Central Florida"
- Save
If you are on campus or connecting through Open Athens you will see UCF's subscription links automatically.
- UCF Information Literacy Modules- Avoiding Plagiarism APA
- Avoiding Plagiarism MLA
- Focusing an Information Search
- Moving Into Discipline Specific Research
- Recognizing a Research Study
- Conducting a Literature Review
OneSearch
Cross search the UCF Libraries Catalog and many of the databases, journals, magazines, newspapers and ebooks.
See the Databases research guide to identify which databases are:
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included in OneSearch results |
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partially included in OneSearch results |
| no dot | not included in OneSearch results |