Google Scholar serves as a free search engine dedicated to indexing and granting access to scholarly works across multiple fields and formats. It enables users to look for a variety of academic resources, such as articles, theses, conference proceedings, preprints, technical documents, books, and more, sourced from universities, research organizations, academic publishers, and professional associations.
The platform is designed to assist researchers, students, and professionals in locating pertinent academic materials for their studies or projects. Users have the capability to conduct searches using keywords, author names, or titles of publications, resulting in a list of relevant findings that frequently include direct links to the full texts or, at the very least, abstracts and citations. In addition to these features, Google Scholar offers tools that allow users to monitor citations, discover related works, and export citation information in diverse formats, thereby enhancing the research experience. This comprehensive resource is continually evolving to better serve the needs of its users.