Search engines explained
Need help in searching for literature with search engines? Find links to library guides (LibGuides) on different search engines.
Google Books
Google Books is a search engine with millions of books you can search by subject and title.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a search engine for scientific articles that is quick and easy to use.
Nexis Uni
In Nexis Uni, you will find foreign and Dutch newspapers and dailies. You will also find business information on national and international companies.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex is an open, free and inclusive database for scientific publications, including many open access publications in all languages and in various formats. The collection also provides metadata of both open and closed research. This makes the database suitable for research about research.
PubMed
PubMed is a large search system that extracts information from MEDLINE. That is a large bibliographic database of biomedical sciences.
Scopus
Scopus is a search system with abstracts of articles and book chapters in all subject areas. You will also find references to and citations of articles and chapters.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a comprehensive encyclopaedic reference work, particularly useful as a first orientation.
Worldcat
WorldCat is a catalogue where you can search for literature worldwide. You can also see which literature is available in Utrecht University Library.