Academic Search Complete & Google Scholar
Overview
Academic Search Complete & Google Scholar are good search tools for scholarly articles.
- Academic Search Complete Links to an external site. provides free access to scholarly articles from a wide variety of disciplines
- Google Scholar Links to an external site. does a Google search for scholarly research on the web. It retrieves both free articles and articles you have to pay to access. If you find an article you that does not provide free full-text access, contact Ask A Librarian Links to an external site. and we may be able to track it down for you.
Video Tutorials
Academic Search Complete
The following short (3:00) tutorial for a demonstration of how to search Academic Search Complete.
Google Scholar
Watch this short (2:18) tutorial for demonstration of how to search in Google Scholar.
Now You Try
- Start at the library homepage Links to an external site.
- Click on Articles and Databases Links to an external site.
- Look for & search Academic Search Complete
- From off-campus, you will be asked to login with your Canvas/Cabrillo login
- Search Google Scholar Links to an external site.