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Education: Visual Disabilities Program

Links to the best library resources for Education at Northern Illinois University

Core Search Engines

Google Scholar: Activate "View It @ NIU" Links to Connect to NIU Libraries

  1. In Google Scholar, click on Settings from the menu (3 lines on the upper left-hand corner of the screen).
  2. Click on Library Links.
  3. Search for Northern Illinois University.
  4. Check off “Northern Illinois University - View It @ NIU"
  5. Save.

Your search results will now include “View It @ NIU” links. For more information about using View IT @ NIU to access full text, see Using FIND IT to Access the Full Text.

Google Scholar Settings with arrows pointing where to click to setup full text links. Use instructions below.

Google Scholar Search Tips

      

ALT Text: In Google Scholar, default search looks for keywords in the citation, abstract, and full text, if available. Use a minus immediately before a search term you want to exclude from your results. Typing “intitle” and a colon before a word will find results with your search term in the title. Typing “author” and a colon before a name will find results with your search term as the author. Typing quotation marks around a phrase will find results for an exact phrase. Try selecting “Advanced Search” from the pull down menu in Google Scholar.