🎓Google Scholar

Recommended for Year 10 and DP Students.

Introduction

Google Scholar is a free search tool that specializes in locating scholarly materials (e.g. academic journal articles) across many disciplines. Not everything you find on Google Scholar is peer-reviewed.

Abstracts are freely available for most of the articles. Alas, reading the entire article may require a subscription. Here're a few things to try:

• click a link labeled [PDF] to the right of the search result

• click "All versions" under the search result and check out the alternative sources

• click "Related articles" or "Cited by" under the search result to explore similar

Google Scholar PDF Reader

Chrome extension link

Google PDF Reader to Supercharge Your Paper Reading

New AI Outline Feature in Google Scholar PDF Reader

But do not use the built-in citation generator!

How to search in Google Scholar?

Breaking down the Search Results

If you're not sure what keywords to use when searching for information on a topic, try using an AI tool to suggest some for you. Copy the prompt below:

I'm writing an essay on [topic]. Please suggest some keywords that I could use in my search.

Google Scholar