To search Google Scholar for articles in journals subscribed to by Samuel Merritt University:
1. Click the "hamburger" (three lines)
2 Go to Settings
2. Click "Library Links," enter Samuel Merritt University
4. Select Samuel Merritt University from the resulting list
4. Click "Save"
Healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, complementary medicine, and more. Over 70 wide-ranging topics including nursing, nutrition, public health, oncology, pediatric care, communication sciences, and pharmacology.
The PubMed database contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Available to the public online since 1996, PubMed was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This customized PubMed portal links to journals available to SMU users.
An evidence-based knowledge system authored by physicians to help clinicians make the right decisions at the point of care. You will need to create an account to gain access on a mobile device.
There are two ways to register:
1. Register from a desktop computer on the SMU campus,
2. Use remote access via MySMU. Click on MySMU and login with your SMU credentials. Go to Library and Research, find the UpToDate app.
When registering for an UpToDate account from off campus, go to MySMU. Look for the Student Lab W10 app. Once you are logged into the Student Lab W10 app, locate the SMU Library, select Databases, select UpToDate.
Saving Your Research/Setting up Alerts
If you want to save your research for later and/or set up an alert (to receive new articles that match your search criteria) you need to create your own account in the database you are searching in.
Google Scholar
Go to Google Scholar and enter your search term / phrase.
On the left side of the screen you will see the grey envelope “create alert” icon.
After clicking that icon, you will be asked to enter and set your alert query, email and number of search results. After choosing your preferences, click CREATE ALERT.
PubMed
Click on MyNCBI (top right), then click on Register for a New Account
Do your search; when you are ready to save it, click Create Alert (located underneath search box).
This will bring you to the saved searches page in MyNCBI. Set up your alert as needed.
PubMed also allows you to set your own Preferences (filters, highlight color, etc.)
PubMed automatically saves your searches for 8 hours on the computer you do them on. If you have a MyNCBI account, PubMed saves your searches until you delete them.
OneSearch
Conduct your search. On the results page select Sign In. If you do not have an EBSCOhost account, create one.
Review search history by selecting Search History from underneath the search box.
Create an Alert: Enter your desired search in the search box. On the results page select Share. Select Email Alert or RSS Feed. Choose alert criteria and Save Alert.
If you have alerts set up, go to Search History and retrieve, edit, or cancel Alerts.
