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.

To 'Google Books' in the LibGuide Search Strategy

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a search engine for scientific articles that is quick and easy to use.

To the LibGuide Google Scholar

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.

Go to ‘newspaper articles’ in the LibGuide Search Strategy
To the help page of Nexis Uni

PubMed

PubMed is a large search system that extracts information from MELDINE. That is a large bibliographic database of biomedical sciences.

To the LibGuide PubMed
Follow a PubMed training via our LibGuide

OpenAlex

OpenAlex is an open, free and inclusive database of 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. There is no LibGuide on OpenAlex.

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.

To the LibGuide Scopus

Web of Science

Web of Science external link is a search system for articles from different fields. It also lets you see who has cited an article and how often.

To the LibGuide Web of Science

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a comprehensive encyclopaedic reference work, particularly useful as a first orientation.

To the LibGuide Wikipedia

Worldcat

WorldCat is a catalogue where you can search for literature worldwide. You can also see which literature is available in Utrecht University Library.

To the LibGuide Worldcat