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Google and Google Scholar Search Guide

Managing Search Results

To export results from Google Scholar, click on the three horizontal lines in the top left-hand corner of the homepage and choose ‘Settings.

Under ‘Bibliography manager’, choose ‘Show links to import citations into’ and change the drop-down menu to your preferred reference management tool, such as ‘RefWorks’. Then click on 'Save'.

Each search result now has an option to import the reference directly into ‘RefWorks’.

If you want to use a reference management tool such as Zotero, change the drop-down menu to ‘RefMan’. Then click on 'Save'.

Each search result now has an option for ‘RefMan’.

Clicking on the ‘Import into RefMan’ link will automatically download the reference to your computer as a .ris file which can then be imported into Zotero.

To save results in Google Scholar, sign in by clicking on the ‘SIGN IN’ option in the top-right hand corner of the homepage. Please note, you will need to have previously setup a gmail account in order to sign in to Google Scholar.

Create a gmail account or enter your gmail address and click on ‘Next’.

Enter your gmail password and click on ‘Next’.

Now run a search in Google Scholar. To save a result click on the star icon beneath a result.

Click on ‘+ Create new’ to create a new folder in which to save results.

To view your saved results, click on ‘My library’ in the top right-hand corner of the page.