Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a simple and effective way to search for scholarly literature across many disciplines using a single search query.

Coverage

Hard to know how much of the scholarly literature is included because the criteria for selecting scholarly materials are not given
It does search academic publishers, professional societies, preprint and digital repositories as well as universities and scholarly organisations, finding articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports and court opinions
Coverage is not comprehensive so use specialised databases as well. UQ Library homepage enables you to select databases by subject

UQ Library makes its subscribed content available via Google Scholar
Good for identifying journal titles and authors connected with subjects of interest and finding related articles on similar topics
Offers an advanced search to focus your results
Helps find obscure references or more information on partial citations
Google Scholar Citations can be used to compute and track citation metrics

Not everything is full-text nor is it free
Results may include citations only
Cannot sort results except by date
Cannot save a search query as you can in databases such as Scopus or Web of Science
Only one citation at a time can be exported to EndNote or other bibliographic software

Google Scholar Search Tips	Tips on searching, alerts and exporting citations.
Make UQ library subscribed content available i.e. full-text linking	Go Scholar settings Click on Library Links Search for UQ Library - Get it at UQ Library Save preference
Export to Bibliography Manager	Go to Scholar settings Click show links to import citations Choose EndNote from the drop-down box Save preference