Online Scholarly Sources for Researchers

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Search engines such as Google, Bing or Yahoo may be more than adequate for general web searches, but for our clients who work diligently in research, medicine and academia, more scholar-focused databases are desired.

The following four scholarly sources - each with their own different advantages and disadvantages - are repositories of academic papers, studies, and peer-reviewed research literature:

Google Scholar

 

Google’s very own database of scholarly literature is relatively new, but nonetheless has an expansive catalog. You can browse by discipline and filter out general magazine, newspaper, and blog posts. However, full-text versions of many recently indexed papers are only available if you pay a fee. | Find it here.

Microsoft Academic Search

 

Microsoft’s own academic search engine provides tools to help researchers explore and visualize scholarly content in different ways. For instance, both graphical and snippet views of citations are available. Limitations to the database exist, however. Unlike Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search does not index legal documents. | Find it here.

PubMed

 

PubMed is a vast online database of citations for biomedical literature, making it the go-to option for those in the field of medical research. While PubMed contains more than 20 million articles, free access is not fully available for all. | Find it here.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

 

As the name suggests, this collaborative project consists of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. Hundreds of different subject areas are covered, with nearly 500,000 scholarly working papers available. Author-submitted content on SSRN is freely downloadable with no user fees. | Find it here.


Visit our main website for more information about our research management platform, RMS360°.  Contact us at any time at 1-866-239-0991 or info@smartsimple.com.

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