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What is Google Scholar?
- How does it compare to other databases?
- How does it work?
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ONCE YOU HAVE A SEARCH RESULT, you will see drop down menus options on the left side that let you limit your search
You can also go directly to advanced search, by clicking the down-pointing triangle on the right side of the search box:To articles vs. patents vs. legal opinions, or going direct to advanced search;
Using the menu items on the left, you can limit
- Articles only, articles and patents, or legal cases
- To items published since a specific date,
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Setting Preferences
Set your preferences so that you will see items owned by Drew. Click on Scholar Preferences and go down to Library Links: 
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In general, when the full text or PDF item is freely accessible and indexed, it may not be the first link in the set, so if the main link is to an index or a secured full text, it's worth trying the other links.
View as HTML
When the link is to a PDF file, GoogleScholar will often provide a "View as HTML" link which shows the PDF text translated into HTML. Be careful, as some information can be lost in this translation.
Cited by references
To find other resources in Google Scholar that cite a book or other item, bring up the entry and choose the Cited by [##] link:
That will bring up a list of items in Google Scholar that cite the item.
Create Email Alert
You can have Google Scholar email you when new articles covered by your search are indexed. To do that, click on the "Create Email Alert" !scholar-alert1.jpg|border=1!button at the top 
button to the left of or at the bottom of your search results.
Then fill in the blanks in the Alert box with your email address, and click "Create Alert"
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Advanced Scholar Search:
Click the down-pointing triangle to get Advanced Search to get this:
You can search Google Scholar using field limits, or go into Advanced Search to limit by date or publication.
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Of particular use are the ability to search by date of publication, by author and by publication (journal title), not available on regular Google. You can also limit your search by subject area. However, if the date of publication or the author is not easily identified on the document, it will not be searchable.
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Clicking on the title link will put you in the Google Book Search page displaying the first hit on your terms in the book: 
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You can use the Find this book in a library link to search for the item, or use the Search box to search for specific terms in the book.