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How Do I Access e-Resources Off-Campus?

Configure Google Scholar

To get links to full-text from your Google Scholar results, set up your preferences in Google Scholar:

  1. From the Google Scholar home page, click Settings
  2. Select Library links on the Scholar Settings page
  3. In the Library Links box, type mcmaster
  4. On the results list select McMaster University - GetIt @ McMaster
  5. Click Save

Your search results in Google Scholar will now have GetIt @ McMaster links that you can click to get to the full-text in the library's electronic collection.

Install Google Scholar Button

Google Scholar Button, which is a browser extension that works with most major browsers, enables you to get easy access to Google Scholar full-text links from any web page at one click of the button. 

Once installed, you could call up and search window without leaving the web page you are currently viewing, or, you could open Google Scholar in a new tab with a click on the expand sign in the lower left corner.

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