We’re pleased to now offer links to IIT library services from within Google Scholar, the popular academic search engine. When doing a search in Google Scholar, users on the IIT main campus will automatically see links like the ones below in the search results. Off-campus users can also get the links by setting up IIT Library Links in the Scholar Preferences section of Google Scholar. (Click here for instructions on setting up Library Links).

If full-text access is available to a journal article in your search results through IIT, you’ll see the GetArticle@IIT link. Follow this link to the SFX menu, which will show you options for getting the full text of the article.

If online full-text is not available, use the More options @ IIT link to see if the journal is held in print at the library, to connect to Document Delivery services and get the article via interlibrary loan, or to see if an abstract or table of contents is available electronically.

At the moment, IIT Library Links are available for journal articles only, not for books. To check if IIT has a book you’ve found in Google Scholar, use the IIT Library Catalog.

Disclaimer: Users should note that Google Scholar is still in “beta,” or test mode, and that not all academic publishers allow Google full access to their content. Therefore Galvin Library cannot completely guarantee the accuracy and functionality of Google Scholar Library Links, nor is it our opinion that a search in Google Scholar is a viable replacement for a search using library-provided bibliographic databases and indexes, many of which also do not allow Google Scholar to access their content. If you experience problems getting the full text of an article via the GetArticle@IIT link, use the Journal A-Z List or Article Finder on our web site to see if full-text access is available.

Galvin Library is pleased to offer an exciting new tool that makes online research easier than ever. The IIT Library Toolbar allows you to access the library from anywhere on the web, allowing you to search the library catalog and Google Scholar from your browser’s toolbar, and linking references to books and articles on web pages you visit to the library’s catalog and online journals.

What is it?
A browser extension for Firefox and Internet Explorer built on the LibX platform that provides direct access to library resources. You’ll find it on all of the library’s computers, and now you can install it for your own browser as well.

What it looks like:

Install the IIT Library Toolbar (Firefox)
Install the IIT Library Toolbar (Internet Explorer)

Features:

Catalog search box: Search the IIT Library Catalog or the I-Share Catalog directly from the toolbar. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, ISBN/ISSN, or call number. Use the button to add more search fields for advanced Boolean queries.

Right-click context-menu: When you select a piece of text on a web page and right-click, LibX offers a number of different search options for that term, such as a catalog search by keyword, title, or author; a Google Scholar search; and a search of ITT’s online journal holdings. LibX even recognizes what type of text you’ve selected — be it plain text, an ISBN or ISSN, DOI, or PubMed ID — and offers different options to match!

Google Scholar button: Use LibX to search Google Scholar for articles and quickly find full-text copies subscribed to by your library. Select a citation (or any piece of text), then drag-and-drop it onto the Scholar button on the toolbar to do a search for that item. You can use this feature even from inside a PDF file, which makes retrieving papers referenced in a PDF file a snap.

Embedded IIT links: LibX places IIT icons — or — in web pages if the library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the icon, click on the link to see what the Library has to offer. Icons are displayed at Amazon, Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, Barnes & Noble, or other pages where COinS metadata has been embedded. Watch this screencast for examples of this cool feature (requires Macromedia Flash Plugin).

For more information on this great new tool, click here.

Galvin Library is proud to announce the addition of over 450 new online journals from SAGE Publications to the library’s collection. Full-text access to these peer-reviewed titles is available from 1999-present.

The journals cover a wide spectrum of subjects, including:

• Business
• Humanities
• Management
• Medicine
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Social Sciences

Search the library’s Journal A-Z List to find a specific journal, or browse a list of available titles by going directly to SAGE Journals Online.

You can also use the SAGE site to customize your own automated search alerts and get journal table-of-contents delivered via email or RSS feeds.

And of course, access to these journals is fully integrated into Galvin Library’s GetArticle service — just look for the icon in any research database that indexes SAGE journals.