Google Apps: Scholar, Alerts & Gadgets Sam Jacob & Shelby Jackson

Google Scholar Free and simple device to find scholarly information Users at subscribing libraries are given access to primary digital copies Provides advanced search options

Google Scholar Cons Very limited sort options o Date o Relevance Search results are limited o Indexing is limited to around the first 100k-bytes of text Items aren’t shown if searched term occurs past Google’s limit

Google Scholar: How To 1.Go to Google Scholar a Search a term like with regular Google search a. Option of Articles/Case Law 3.Search Results are organized by relevance a. Advanced Search options to refine search

Google Alerts s sent to you when Google finds new results that match your search term. People use Google Alerts to: Find what is being said about their company or product. Monitor a developing news story. Stay up to date on a competitor or industry. Get the latest news on a celebrity or sports team. Find out what's being said about themselves.

Google Alerts: How it works 1. Open 2. Enter your search 3. Create your alert 4. Select how often 5. Select how many

Google Alerts: Advanced Features Advanced features for google account users Add multiple alerts Delete alerts Modify searches Format alerts Export alerts

Google Gadgets ● HTML and JavaScript applications that can be embedded in web pages and other apps, including Sites ●Offer the ability to include external and dynamic content within your site

Pros of Google Gadgets Simple to build Google Gadgets can run on multiple sites Reach millions of users through Google Apps Marketplace

Google Gadgets

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