Google Scholar vs Google

Comparing Google Scholar with Google Searching and Library Databases
Google Scholar Search	Regular Google Search	Library Databases
Direct links to articles when on campus or VPN	Vendor links - dead ends, paywalls	Full-Text links available to current students & faculty
Scholarly sources only: articles, books, abstracts, court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, & universities.	Scholarly sources are mixed with general interest magazine articles, ads (Amazon book sales, promotional for seminars, & academic program recruitment, companies selling services), blogs, etc.	Scholarly and Peer-Reviewed sources are mixed with magazines, newspapers, e-books, etc.
Provides links: Cited by - scholarly articles that cite the article you are looking at Related article - scholarly articles on the same topic Versions - Alternative sources when published in several places	Suggests similar searches people have made, no specific related articles.	Provides links: To related articles on the same topic Full text of the article in plain text or PDF
Allows author profiles with additional citation statistics	No author profiles
Provides APA 7 citation information	No APA 7 citation information unless the vendor page provides it.	Provides APA 7 citation information

Using Google Scholar