MIT Libraries Working with Google to Improve Scholar

Contact: Heather Denny
MIT Libraries Communications Officer
hdenny@mit.edu
617.253.5686, (F) 617.253.8894

March 2, 2005

The MIT Libraries have collaborated with Google to give MIT students and faculty greater access to materials retrieved through Google Scholar searches. Google Scholar helps locate scholarly literature—such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, and preprints—on the Web. Generally, users can't gain access to the full text of these publications without a subscription.

Through a test project with Google, the Libraries can provide the MIT community with access to most of the 20,000-plus journals and other serials to which the MIT Libraries subscribe. Google Scholar now automatically recognizes connections originating from the MIT campus and shows an "MIT Access" link to the full-text articles found in these publications.

In addition, by going to http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences, MIT users can choose MIT as their preference (certificates required). This allows Google Scholar to identify the computer as part of the MIT community, even from off campus. For more information about using Google Scholar at MIT, see http://libraries.mit.edu/help/google-scholar.

08/20/07