LATS 224: U.S. Latinx Religions

About Google Scholar

How they describe themselves:

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

How are documents ranked?

Google Scholar aims to rank documents the way researchers do, weighing the full text of each document, where it was published, who it was written by, as well as how often and how recently it has been cited in other scholarly literature.

Explore Google Scholar

Search for sources on Santería using Google Scholar.

While you explore, consider the following questions:

  • Does Google Scholar have a subject focus?  If so, what is it?
  • How do sources get included in Google Scholar?

Also consider how the answers to the previous questions affect:

  • What you find?
  • How you search?
  • What perspective you're getting?

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After you've explored Google Scholar, use the link to share information about it with your classmates:

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Research Tip: Connect Google Scholar to the Library

Connect Google Scholar to the Library

Don't pay for articles you find in Google Scholar. Learn how to connect Google Scholar to the library's holdings