You may use Google to search the Web, or to find a variety of books and scholarly articles. This chart provides an overview of several specialized Google tools useful for academic research.
| Tool |
 Google Book Search |
 Google Scholar |
| URL |
http://books.google.com |
http://scholar.google.com |
| Contains: |
- Full text of books -- most are recently published works provided by publishers and authors.
- Some older works are being added.
- Many works are not listed here at all. Check your library catalog.
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- Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles.
- Also citations to articles which Google did not find online. Some may be available online through your library (see Access).
- Content from a select group of academic publishers and organizations.
- Many journals are not listed here.
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| Search: |
- Enter keywords and find books that contain those words somewhere within.
- Advanced Book Search allows you to search for specific books by title, author, publication date, etc.
- Once you have located a book, you may also search directly within the text of that particular book only.
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- Enter keywords and find results that contain those words somewhere within.
- Use special operators to search for a particular author, title, publication, or restrict by date. See Advanced Search Tips for details.
- From the Advanced Search page, you can search for scholarly literature within seven broad areas of research.
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| Search results: |
- Snippet View shows information about the book plus a few sentences, with your search term in context. Here is a sample page.
- Sample Pages View, if the publisher or author has given permission.
- Full Book View, if the book is out of copyright. For example: Daisy Miller
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| Access issues: |
- In some cases, you must login to your Google account before you can view text.
- Cannot print book pages.
- Includes links that lead directly to online bookstores.
- If you wish to borrow it from a library rather than purchase, in most cases you must search your library catalog to find a copy.
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- Set Scholar Preferences to activate library links in results.
- When off-campus, you also need to sign in on the Library web site before searching Scholar in order to see library links to full text, where available.
- May not be updated as frequently as other databases.
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