Google Scholar allows users to search scholarly literature including journal articles, books, conference papers and other academic sources. Users can enter search terms and set limits on the results page to refine their search. Google Scholar has benefits such as being a useful starting point for research when users have some keywords or author names, searching a wide range of academic subjects, and providing links to related articles and articles that cite a given article.

1. USING GOOGLE
SCHOLAR
FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH
HTTP://SCHOLAR.GOOGLE.COM/

2. ENTER SEARCH TERM
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3. ON RESULTS PAGE, SET LIMITS
Create alert to be
informed of new
publications on topic

4. RESULTS PAGE

5. BENEFITS OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR
• Often a useful place to start, when you have some
keywords, author names, particularly if you have no
access to subscription databases
• Searches scholarly material including books, journal
articles, conference papers and other literature
from a wide range of subjects
• Will show a link to article in your university database
• Links to related articles
• Links to articles that cite the article