Most students seem to go to Google first. This is not a good strategy. Google Scholar is much better as it filters out all the junk. Scopus is another engine that aims to do a similar thing. It is better organized but not so complete. ISI WOK is also not as complete as Google Scholar but is particularly good at tracking citations.
If you track down something on Google scholar, but are at home and so do not have access to the paper, you can use Monash ezproxy. Just drag the previous link to your bookmarks. When you are on the page of a paper you want, click the link and it will ask for your usual Monash username/password, after which you should be able to access the paper.
Sometimes, a more restrictive search is needed. Try one of these:
- Statistics papers: Current Index to Statistics
- Statistical books: My Google library
- Econometrics papers: IDEAS/RePEc
- Computing papers: CiteSeer
- Mathematics papers: MathSciNet
- Health Science papers: PubMed.
Finally, if you’ve still had no luck, then try Google.
If you know the paper you are after, it is often better to go through the Monash library. You can search for an electronic journal via the Monash library.
Notes:
- A few of these links require a licence to access them. All of them can be accessed from Monash computers.
- You don’t need to search JSTOR separately as it is covered by Google scholar.
- RePEc is covered by both Scopus and Google Scholar
