OME Fellows: Medical Education Research Guide

Resources for searching for topics relevant to medical education

About Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature broadly. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources.

Advantages

Limitations

Multidisciplinary, search "everything" at once

Links to institutions full-text (once initial setup is complete)

Great to view how many times a paper is cited

No controlled vocabulary

Less search options available to help you refine results:

Can end up with too many results

 

Google Scholar Setup

Find Full-Text

To set up Google Scholar to link to UH Manoa subscriptions, click on Settings in the upper right corner of the Google Scholar search page. Go to Library Links and search for Hawaii. Select University of Hawaii at Manoa - Full Text @ UH Manoa and save your preferences. Ensure you're signed in to your Google account to remember your preferences for future visits.

EndNote Export Option

In Google Scholar, click on the wheel symbol/settings link in the top right corner of the page. Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings page to Bibliography Manager and use the drop-down menu to Show links to import citations into EndNote. Click on the Save button.

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