About Google Scholar
| Subject | Includes "scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web." |
| Access from off-campus | While Google Scholar itself is free on the web, many of the citations it references are not. As a member of the Washington University community, you have several options for reaching this restricted content from off-campus. Please see Proxy Options for Off-Campus Access. |
| Sources | Sources and coverage of Google Scholar are undefined. It certainly includes information from CrossRef, PubMed, Open WorldCatalog, and many scholarly publishers, such as ACM, Elsevier, IEEE, Springer, Wiley, etc. |
| Dates Covered | Undefined; there are some older citations from the 1950's and 1960's but most of the retrieval will be after 1990. |
| Help Documents | Help, advanced search and advanced search tips are available within database. |
| Print Counterpart (backfiles) | No print counterpart. |
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| Access | Database itself freely available on the web. Access to full-text articles from WU subscribed journals limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses. |
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