Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

Want to know if UCLA has the full-text journal article that you’ve found using Google Scholar and/or Scirus?  First, you must access the Internet either from on-campus or via the Bruin OnLine Virtual Private Network or Bruin OnLine Proxy Server. Then you need to set your search engine preferences so the  button will appear with your search results. Google Scholar and Scirus determine to which journals UCLA subscribes and link to the full-text articles of those journals when full-text is available.

UC-eLinks provides:

1. direct access to full-text articles, when available
2. ability to search the Library Catalog or Melvyl Catalog for print holdings; and
3. ability to submit an interlibrary loan or document delivery request.

   Google Scholar provides scholarly literature from many disciplines and sources. Follow these steps to activate UC-eLinks in Google Scholar:

1. On the Google Scholar home page, click Scholar Preferences:

2. Type “University of California Los Angeles” into the Library Links box, and select Find Library:

3. Click “Save Preferences” at the bottom of the page.

 Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine that searches over 450 million science-related web pages.

Follow these steps to activate UC-eLinks in Scirus:

1. On the Scirus home page, click Search Preferences:

2. Enable the Library Partner Links:

3. Select “University of California Los Angeles” from the drop down menu:

4. Click “Save Preferences” at the bottom of the page.

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