Library Out Loud

Google Scholar is a great search tool, and it’s even better when you link it to Massey so you get more free articles.

Link Google Scholar to Massey Library to get free access to the articles we have subscriptions for, instead of being asked to pay. There are several ways you can link:

• Go directly to Google Scholar and edit the settings. Go to the menu at top left > Settings > Library links > type in Massey University and search > tick the relevant boxes that appear > Save. You’re now linked to Massey whenever you go to Google Scholar, and will get access to our paid articles. This method is the most reliable and you only need to do it once.

• Go via Discover the Library search tool. When you’ve done a search, go to ‘Supplemental sources’ on the left > click on ‘Send search to’ > select Google Scholar. The search will then be transferred to Google Scholar and will link to our paid articles. (Occasionally this method gives an error message if too many people are using it – the first settings method above will work).

• Go to Google Scholar via the Massey Library website, for example article databases or many of the subject guides. These links take you to Google Scholar with access to our paid articles. (Occasionally this method gives an error message if too many people are using it – the first settings method above will work).

Any of these methods will give you better access to the full text of articles, as you will be recognised as a Massey University subscriber. This access may be by clicking on the title, a PDF link at the right, or a ‘Check for full text’ link at the right. Note that not every item will have full text – we can’t subscribe to everything!

If you would like help please email library@massey.ac.nz.