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Google Scholar searches scholarly journals, books, papers, and theses, and returns a list of results with summaries.
Results include bibliographic data, an excerpt, and even citation analysis.
Items are available online free of charge, or for a fee.
Beta designation...
...shows that the service is in beta testing and all kinds of changes may be expected.
It's not always so. Some Google services, carried this appendage for up to five years being in quite a stable state.
Advaned Scholar Search link...
...opens the Advaned Scholar Search page.
Many of the advanced search features, though not all, are accessible from this page. Others require the use of search operators and other tools and techniques.
Scholar Preferences link...
...opens the Preferences page. It allows you to customize the way you use Google Scholar.
Your selections are stored in cookies on your machine for later retrieval.
Scholar Help link...
...opens the Scholar Help page.
Note the Advaned Scholar Search Tips link in the left pane of the page. It complements the Scholar Help page.
Recent articles link...
...re-orders results and puts more recent articles at the top.
Apart from date, ranking also considers other factors factors like the prominence of the author's other works and of the journal, citation analysis, and more.
Definition link...
...opens a page with definitions of the word(s) in the link.
Words are linked only if they have definitions.
All Results links...
...open lists of works by the most prominent authors in the field.
Book label...
...shows the format of the work. If it's an article, no label is attached.
Title link...
...takes you to the abstract of the article, or the complete article, when available on the web, .
Group of link...
...opens a list of other articles included in this group of scholarly works.
Author(s)...
...of the scholarly work.
Date...
...of publication.
Publisher...
...is usually described in a bibliographic format, but occasionally some information may be lacking.
Excerpt...
...from the work, with keywords in boldface when the context is available on the Web.
Cited By link...
...opens a list of papers that have cited articles in the group.
Related Articles link...
...opens a list of other papers that are similar to articles in this group.
Web Search link...
...searches for information about this work on Google.
Library Search link...
...opens the Find a Library page which helps you find the work in a nearby library.
BL Direct link...
...takes you to the British Library Direct service where you can order full text of the article.
Search Box...
...has the same functionality as the Search Box on the main Catalogs Search page.
Google Home link...
...takes you to the Google home page.
About Google link...
...opens Google's information center.
Google Help, products, corporate information etc. are accessible from this page.
About Google Scholar link...
...opens an overview of Google Scholar.