{"id":5469,"date":"2018-09-10T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/8-tips-for-optimal-use-of-google-scholar\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T11:47:59","slug":"8-tips-for-optimal-use-of-google-scholar","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-tips-for-optimal-use-of-google-scholar","title":{"rendered":"8 Tips for optimal use of Google Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"text-justify:inter-ideograph\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:13.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"color:#111111\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:-.05pt\">Conducting a thorough literature search can be quite tricky, especially if you don\u2019t know where to look. 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