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MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Search Engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Articles and Patents Biology, Life Sciences, and Environmental Science Medicine, Pharmacology, and Veterinary Science Business, Administration, Finance, and Economics Physics, Astronomy, and Planetary Science Chemistry and Materials Science Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics Legal Opinions and Journals Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers.peer-reviewedjournals Its advertising slogan — "Stand on the shoulders of giants" — is a nod to the scholars who have contributed to their fields over the centuries, providing the foundation for new intellectual achievementsStand on the shoulders of giants Well what does this have to do with Genealogy????

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar “What does Google Scholar have to do with Genealogy???  Articles and Patents  Find articles written by relatives  Find citations to articles written by relatives  Covers some 36 Genealogy Journals + External Databases  Some documents are genealogies  Legal Opinions and Journals  Ancestors Sued or got Sued  Ancestors got Divorced  Ancestors sometimes got on the wrong side of the law Useful for finding stories and facts about ancestors

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar “Cited by" feature, Google Scholar provides access to abstracts of articles that have cited the article being viewed. It is this feature in particular that provides the citation indexing previously only found in Scopus and Web of Knowledge.ScopusWeb of Knowledge "Related articles" feature, Google Scholar presents a list of closely related articles, ranked primarily by how similar these articles are to the original result, but also taking into account the relevance of each paper

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Legal Database of US cases is extensive Users can search and read Published opinions of US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950 US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and US Supreme Court cases since Google Scholar embeds clickable citation links within the case and the How Cited tab allows lawyers to research prior case law and the subsequent citations to the court decision. Google Scholar Legal Content Star Paginator extension inserts Westlaw and LexisNexis style page numbers in line with the text of the case. And Growing

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Google Scholar Does not publish a list of scientific journals crawled, and Frequency of its updates is unknown. It is therefore impossible to know how current or exhaustive searches are in Google Scholar. Nonetheless, it allows easy access to published articles without the difficulties encountered in some of the most expensive commercial databases

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MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Pelot Authors Availability of pdf file “Pelot” Search My Citations - Later

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches “Pelot” and “Genealogy” Search 68 “Pelot” and “Genealogy” Results

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches “Pelot” and “Genealogy” Search First Page of Results

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Note source: South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Journal Google Scholar covers All sorts of National, State, County, and International Genealogical Journals

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Both instances of Pelot are on this page. Two Pelot brothers were Witnesses. Makes you kind of wonder what type of wheeling and dealing was going on? But for a timeline, does Pinpoint both brothers On Edisto Island, South Carolina on 25 November 1773 Apparently ID Theft is not new

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Citation Available For Cut and Paste

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Pelots Immigrated Into Purrysburg South Carolina

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - Articles Genealogy Searches Date of Plat/Grant Town Lot # # of Acres

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Genealogy Citations Now I Will get An Should Anyone Cite My Book in A Published Article Reviewed By Google Scholar This is something you should be able to do for any Published Genealogy - Could be Useful

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - JSTOR Genealogy Searches Google Scholar sometimes connects you to Journal Storage (JSTOR)

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - JSTOR Genealogy Searches Pelot Authors Note Icon/Color Coding for Document Accessibility “Pelot” Search 266 Hits JSTOR frequently has documents where Google Scholar doesn’t

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - JSTOR Genealogy Searches

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - JSTOR Genealogy Searches

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar - JSTOR Genealogy Searches Wonderful Article Tells story of Lt Thomas P Pelot capturing the “Water Witch”, a blockading Union Steamer. Lt. Pelot lost his life in the capture.

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Articles Advanced Constrained Date Eliminates Modern Publications

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MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals Worthwhile to check for genealogy Even relatives go to court

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals Legal References

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals How Cited Pelot Restricted by

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search Legal Opinions and Journals

MGS Computer SIG Google Scholar Summary 39 Can be extremely useful to find Articles in Journals or Legal Events Useful for all sorts of searches, particularly genealogy

MGS Computer SIG Questions 40 Please Ask Questions if you do not Understand Anything

MGS Computer SIG Future Plans 41 Suggestions for Future MGS Computer SIGs:  Google Scholar – February 2012  Exploring Archive Grid – March 2012  Using Documents in Other Languages – April 2012  Exploring New York Times Archive  Exploring First Search  Explore Infoweb  Exploring MyHeritage.com (not to be confused with Heritage Quest)  Exploring Ancestry.com  Beginning Computer Stuff  Other Useful Programs What else would you like to have addressed at future Computer SIG Meetings????? TBD May ???