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Get Full-Text Access in Google Scholar

Add Get it at UC as a Library Link in Google Scholar to access the full text of materials found in Google Scholar. Watch this 25 second video to learn how or use the instructions below.

25 Second Video:

 

Instructions:

  1. Access the “Settings” from the expanded menu from the top left corner of the Google Scholar landing page 
  2. Click “Library Links” in the left hand menu
  3. Search for “University of California, Santa Cruz” in the search box
  4. Add “University of California, Santa Cruz – Get it at UC” to your Library Links 
  5. Click the blue “Save” button in the bottom right 

 

Pages Not Loading & Proxy Errors from Zotero


Getting errors loading a journal or article page? Remove the OCA proxy from your Zotero Browser Extension.

Right-click on the Zotero browser extension icon to in your browser toolbar to access "Options" or "Preferences" and then "Proxies." Select the OCA proxy from the list and then click the "-" (minus) button to remove it.

This should stop your browser from redirecting to the old oca.ucsc.edu proxy and resolve problems in Google Scholar, journal sites, and article pages.