Google Scholar
Description
Free academic search engine that indexes scholarly literature across various disciplines including medical research
Market positioning
Popular general academic search engine
Use cases
Researchers, students, and academics across all disciplines including medical professionals
Features
Free and easy to use
Broad coverage across disciplines
Good for finding full-text articles
Citation metrics and tracking
Simple, familiar interface
Pros and cons
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Pros
- Free and easy to use
- Broad coverage across disciplines
- Good for finding full-text articles
- Citation metrics and tracking
- Simple, familiar interface
Cons
- Less precise than specialized medical databases
- Commercial algorithms affect result ranking
- Quality control less rigorous than specialized databases
- Can return overwhelming results with broad searches