Google Scholar is a search engine that allows users to search through scholarly journals, books, legal documents, professional societies, and university websites. It filters out most non-accredited sources and allows viewing of full or partial publications from reliable sources. Google Scholar provides advanced search capabilities and offers the potential for accessing free articles from anywhere while also allowing teachers to preview books before purchasing them. However, not everything available is free and it does not provide detailed summaries of searched sources, with results being of mixed quality.

1. By: Philip Schill

2.  a function of the Google search engine that allows you
to search through scholarly journals, books, legal
documents, professional societies, and university
websites
 allows you to view whole or partial publications of
some degree of quality and professionalism
 filters out most of the non-accredited sources

3.  Has Google's advanced search engine
 Better chance of getting a free article
 Accessible anywhere
 Save books to your Google library
 Teachers can preview books before they
buy them

4.  Only useful for high school
 Not everything is free
 Does not provide a detailed summary
of the sources that are searched.
 Search results are mixed

5. This is a great resource for High school
Social Studies teachers.
Teaching lessons about notable US Supreme court cases?
Need scholarly works to supplement the information in
your students' textbooks?

6.  Good source for:
 academic papers
 book excerpts
 legal documents

7.  Many high schools have an account with
Google scholar or Olinks that allows them to
view books and articles that otherwise
would not be free.
 High schools that do not have this set up
still have access to many free articles

8. The best use of Google Scholar is to
compliment other resources and as
a starting point for gathering
primary literature