Did you know that Google Scholar can show you articles* from subscription-only websites? It’s magical! (It’s also arguably better than the native search interfaces of many academic research systems.)
Unfortunately, you can’t tell exactly what you’re searching in Scholar. Their somewhat glib documentation is a bit vague. (Q: Which specific journals do you cover? A: Ahem, we index papers, not journals. . . .) But even with some important caveats, it’s a marvelous resource, with content from “most major academic publishers and repositories worldwide.” I hope you’ll give it a try this summer, especially if you’re concerned about keeping research costs low.
To set up Google Scholar to work with UCI library privileges, go to Settings > Library links.
Via the Google Scholar Blog – 5/11/2012
*Related: On finding cases in Scholar: Google Scholar’s enhanced citing references