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Google Docs

The Art of Research

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GOOGLE DOCS

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Let’s start with the first set of slides

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Google Docs and Research 101

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  1. How to use Google Explore.
  2. You try it.
  3. A how to guide

https://tinyurl.com/hvnomw2

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Google Docs and Research 101

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  1. Open a document in Google Docs
  2. At the bottom right, click Explore
  3. You might see images or information you can use to help finish your work.
  4. Topics: To see search results for topics related to your document, click the title.
  5. Images: To preview an image, click the image. To use an image, hover over the image and click Insert +
  6. Related research: You’ll see research related to what’s in your document. To add a quote, hover over the text and click Insert +
  7. Citations: To add a citation from the web, hover over the search result and click Cite as footnote “
  8. To set the citation style as MLA, APA, or Chicago, click More

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If you don’t see suggestions, add more content to your document.

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Google Docs and Research 102

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SET UP YOUR GOOGLE SCHOLAR ACCOUNT

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Go to scholar.google.com

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Strengths

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  • Getting the "big picture" of the scholarly discourse around a topic.
  • Viewing books, articles, conference proceedings, and more in one list.
  • Determining authors and publications in an area of interest.
  • Tracking down incomplete citations.

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  • Limiting and sorting results by type (eg. peer reviewed articles, full-text, reviews).
  • Searching within a specific discipline
  • Browsing by journal title.
  • Doing a comprehensive search for a literature review.
  • Using controlled vocabulary to search by subject.
  • Emailing lists of search results.

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GOOGLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADD ONS

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Paperpile Support

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  • Set up your Paperpile account.
  • Add on Paperpile to Chrome.
  • Check out you Google Scholar again.
  • Try out Paperpile on a Google Doc.
  • Paperpile help https://paperpile.com/help

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Make your Google Docs look great

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Google Docs, Paperpile and Lucidchart

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ADVANCED GOOGLE SEARCHING TIPS

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http://guides.nyu.edu/google

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ADVANCED GOOGLE SEARCHING TIPS

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http://www.mistersill.com/google-goodness/search