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Prof. Eiden; BIOL117; General Bio 2; FALL 2025: Searching for Online Sources

Using Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a way to search the internet for scholarly information on a given topic. Google Scholar searches for scholarly information provided by academic publishers, professional societies, universities, repositories and scholarly organizations. The types of information Google Scholar provides include:

  • Peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Unpublished scholarly articles
  • Masters theses and other degree based work
  • Citations for books that may provide limited access to the text of the book. 
  • Technical reports

For the most part, Google Scholar provides a citation to articles without full-text access.

You can limit your online search to credible sources by using this formula when searching Google.

Your topic, followed by a colon (:), followed by .edu or .gov

            natural selection:.edu

Google Scholar Search

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