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Obtain Full-text Articles Directly from Web or Google Scholar Searches

If you would like to obtain full-text articles directly from your web search results or your Google Scholar search results, you need to:

  • Download the Google Scholar Button plug-in for your web browser

  • Enable the Library link in your Google Scholar Settings

You can then:

  • Obtain full-text articles from any of your web search results by highlighting the article title, or author, citation and then simply click on the Google Scholar Button;

  • You will be taken directly to the article available from the Library's collection.

To do so, you only need to follow the following three steps illustrated on the right:

Step 1 -- Download Google Scholar Button Plug-in

Google Scholar Button is a plug-in and is available for Firefox, Chrome and Safari.  You should download the plug-in for the browser you use frequently.

  • Safari - Search Google Scholar Button, and download it from your search result. 

Once you have downloaded the plug-in, the Google Scholar Button  should appear in your browser tool bar Toolbar .

Step 2 -- Add Library Link in Your Google Scholar Settings

Now, you need to add our library link to your Google Scholar settings. 

  • Go to Google Scholar (scholar.google.com), click Settings
  • Click Library Links on the left, type in California State University, Los Angeles in the search box, and click the search button
  • You will see California State University - Los Angeles - FREE @ CSULA Lib Online appears below the search box, and make sure to check the box and click Save

    Google Scholar Settings

Step 3 -- You Are Ready to Search and Access Full-text Articles

  • Do a Google search using an article title as shown below.  Once you see the search result, highlight the title, and click the Google Scholar Button in your browser's tool bar.

    Available full-text article button
  • You will see a pop-up box with the selected article, and the Available full-text article buttonbutton will appear if the article is available full-text online from any of the library's subscription databases. 
  • Click the Available full-text article buttonor the green PDF button to access the article in full-text. 
  • The quotation mark on the upper right corner of the pop-up box takes you to the article citation in APA, MLA, or Chicago style, and you can export the citation to your citation management tool, such as, RefWorks.
  • If you are off campus, you will be asked to login with your MyCSULA Identity ID and password to access the full-text article.
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