Using Library Search & Google Scholar

The Library Search is a good starting point to find information on a topic or to search for a specific resource. Use it to find peer-reviewed journal articles, books and ebooks, videos plus many more library resources.

Check out using the Library Search for tips on how to get the best results

• Use the keywords not the entire question
• Link your keywords together into an effective search using Boolean Operators 
  • AND: combine concepts, e.g., taxation AND welfare
  • OR: connect synonyms, e.g., progress OR improvement
  • “phrase search” searches for multiple words as a term/phrase: e.g., “public value” 
  • (nesting): keeps terms together, e.g., (progress OR improvement) AND “public value”
  • Truncation: Searches on the stem of the word by applying an asterisk, e.g.,  govern*  = government, governmental, governmentally, governing, governance…

Find out more in our 11 Top Search Tips!

• Search for articles using Google Scholar

• Search tips for Google Scholar

• Fulltext@QUT in Google Scholar and set up LibNomadKey

  To find full text versions of resources in Google Scholar, set up the FullText@QUT link.

• Step by step - linking Google Scholar to QUT Library

  Link Google Scholar to QUT Library.

• Study Smart: Information Research and Literacy Skills

  Study Smart can be used by all students looking to develop their information research and literacy skills and achieve assignment success at university.

• Module 1: Prepare [thinking about your assignment]

• Module 2: Find [finding information for your assignments]

• Module 3: Evaluate [evaluating your searches and your information sources]

• Module 4: Use [using information in your assignment, creating references]