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Once you've run a search, use the "Refine My Results" options on the left side of the page.  It's a quick way to drill down to the most useful results without paging through a lot of items you're not really interested inOptions often include:

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How to access UW Restricted materials in Google Scholar: Before you begin searching in Google Scholar, make sure to install the UW Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet The bookmarklet lets you log into the proxy without having to browse from the UW Libraries website.  More information can be found this webpage: