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ManateeGenealogical
SocietyGoogle Tips for Searching the World Wide Web
Slides at: http://www.colket.org/genealogy/USF/
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Search Engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
Articles and PatentsBiology, Life Sciences, and Environmental Science Medicine, Pharmacology, and Veterinary Science Business, Administration, Finance, and Economics Physics, Astronomy, and Planetary Science Chemistry and Materials Science Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics
Legal Opinions and Journals
Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers.
Its advertising slogan — "Stand on the shoulders of giants" — is a nod to the scholars who have contributed to their fields over the centuries, providing the foundation for new intellectual achievements
Well what does this have to do with Genealogy????
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“What does Google Scholar have to do with Genealogy???
Articles and Patents
Find articles written by relatives Find citations to articles written by relatives Covers some 36 Genealogy Journals + External Databases Some documents are genealogies
Legal Opinions and Journals
Ancestors Sued or got Sued Ancestors got Divorced Ancestors sometimes got on the wrong side of the law
Useful for finding stories and facts about ancestors
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“Cited by" feature,
Google Scholar provides access to abstracts of articles that have cited the article being viewed.
It is this feature in particular that provides the citation indexing previously only found in Scopus and Web of Knowledge.
"Related articles" feature,
Google Scholar presents a list of closely related articles, ranked primarily by how similar these articles are to the original result, but also taking into account the relevance of each paper
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Legal Database of US cases is extensive
Users can search and read
• Published opinions of US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950• US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and • US Supreme Court cases since 1791.
• Google Scholar embeds clickable citation links within the case and the How Cited tab allows lawyers to research prior case law and the subsequent citations to the court decision.
• Google Scholar Legal Content Star Paginator extension inserts Westlaw and LexisNexis style page numbers in line with the text of the case.
And Growing
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Google Scholar
• Does not publish a list of scientific journals crawled, and• Frequency of its updates is unknown.
It is therefore impossible to know how current or exhaustive searches are in Google Scholar.
Nonetheless, it allows easy access to published articles without the difficulties encountered in some of the most expensive commercial databases
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Pelot Authors
Availability of pdf file
“Pelot” Search
My Citations - Later
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“Pelot” and “Genealogy” Search
68“Pelot” and “Genealogy” Results
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“Pelot” and “Genealogy” SearchFirst Page of Results
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Note source: South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Journal
Google Scholar coversAll sorts of National, State, County, and International Genealogical Journals
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Both instances of Pelot are on this page.
Two Pelot brothers wereWitnesses. Makes you kind of wonder what type of wheeling and dealing was going on?
But for a timeline, doesPinpoint both brothers On Edisto Island, SouthCarolina on 25 November 1773
Apparently ID Theft is not new
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Citation Available
For Cut and Paste
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PelotsImmigrated
Into Purrysburg
South Carolina
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Date ofPlat/Grant
Town Lot # # of Acres
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Now I Will getAn emailShouldAnyoneCite MyBook inA PublishedArticleReviewedBy GoogleScholar
This is something you should be able to do for any Published Genealogy - Could be Useful
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Google Scholar
sometimes connects
you to Journal Storage (JSTOR)
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Pelot Authors
Note Icon/Color Coding forDocumentAccessibility
“Pelot” Search
266 Hits
JSTOR frequently has documents where Google Scholar doesn’t
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Wonderful Article
Tells story of Lt Thomas P Pelot capturing the “Water Witch”, a blockading Union Steamer. Lt. Pelot lost his life in the capture.
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Constrained Date1600-1900
Eliminates Modern Publications
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351 Articles / citationsFrom 1600 - 1900
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Copyright Expired – You can Download a Free Copy
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Worthwhile to check for genealogyEven relatives go to court
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134 LegalReferences
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How Cited
Pelot Restricted by 1600-1900
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Can be extremely useful to find
Articles in Journals or
Legal Events
Useful for all sorts of searches, particularly genealogy
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Please Ask Questions if you do not Understand Anything
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Suggestions for Future MGS Computer SIGs:
Google Scholar – February 2012 Exploring Archive Grid – March 2012 Using Documents in Other Languages – April 2012 Exploring New York Times Archive Exploring First Search Explore Infoweb Exploring MyHeritage.com (not to be confused with Heritage Quest) Exploring Ancestry.com Beginning Computer Stuff Other Useful Programs
What else would you like to have addressed at future Computer SIG Meetings?????
TBD May ???