ENG101: Writing About Movies and Literature (Geary)
Example searches:
- "Revenge of the Sith"
- "toxic fan" AND "Star Wars"
- "Star Wars" AND prequels
- "Revenge of the Sith" OR "Attack of the Clones" OR "The Phantom Menace" (will grab any of those titles)
Google vs. Google Scholar
How is Google Scholar different than Google?
| Google Scholar | ||
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WHAT IS SEARCHED |
Searches hundreds of billions of web sites (but not the entire web-- really, it's too big), which includes blogs, social media, major corporations, etc. | Searches scholarly (academic) literature including articles, dissertations, documents, reports, theses, court opinions, and abstracts. |
| HOW RESULTS APPEAR | Regular Google ranks content on popularity and can be influenced by advertisements or sponsored results | Results are presented based on relevance to your search, and are not impacted by advertisements |
| WHEN TO USE | Current news and events, background information, non-academic information | Academic research, credible sources |
| ADVERTISING | Yes | No |
Using Google Scholar
- You can use "quotation marks" to put a phrase together. This makes sure the system doesn't search for individual words.
- For example, "Revenge of the Sith"
- The years on the left will narrow down your results to a specific time span.
- If Bristol has access to the source, you can click the link that says bristolcc.edu! Otherwise, click the title to be brought to the full text, if available.