Brainstorm synonyms for your topic.
Come up with a list to help expand your searching options.
If your topic is college students, you may also search for undergraduates, freshman, and also related terms like: higher education and universities.
Truncation
Use the asterisk (*) to find various word endings
Searching for child* will return:
Quotations
Use quotes around multi-word concepts:
Facets, these are located on the left side in OneSearch and next to your search results
These can help refine your search
Sort- by relevance is default, but you can change to other options
Availability- this can help with full text or peer- review journals
Subject - this can be a great source for synonyms
Date- easy way to get latest research
and more!
To utilize the full potential of Google Scholar linked it to Meriam Library. By doing this you can then see if the library has the items that you want (Find It @ Chico) which will link to OneSearch.
To link Google Scholar to the Meriam Library OneSearch follow these steps: