Hunter College Libraries Blog

Many researchers are using Google Scholar to search for sources in their disciplines. Google Scholar is a great resource but does not provide free access to publishers’ content. To access any article you still need to see if the library has a subscription to the journal in which it appeared. To make this easier the Hunter College Libraries participate in Google Scholar’s Library Linking program. This means that when you do a search in Google Scholar you will be able to see what journals you have access to through library subscriptions both electronically and in print. In order for this to work correctly, you must access Google Scholar through the Libraries’ Web site. Here’s how it works:

• Go to the Libraries’ databases: http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/databases/index.php
• Click on Google Scholar

To verify you are linking to the Hunter College Libraries:

• Click on Scholar Preferences
• Next to Library Links, type “Hunter College Library”
• Click Save preferences.

Now when you do a search you will see a link that says Full-text at Hunter if it is available electronically. From off-campus you will be asked to authenticate with your Hunter email account. You will also see a link that says related info at Hunter. This will lead you to information on our print holdings of that journal. To watch a screencast of the process, go to http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/lyannott/scholar/scholar.htm.