By JoAnn Seymore The next dimension of Google Search is here. Google Scholar is a search engine designed specifically for the academic community. It allows university students to search across many different topics very quickly. A university library can add Google Scholar to their school’s on-line library. Now students doing research can pull from their own schools index of resources, but when linked into Google Scholar, they can also pull from the wealth of knowledge that Google possesses. In one place, students can research peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google ranks their articles the same way researchers do making it easier for researchers to find the material they need. As the wealth of knowledge begins to expand on the internet, Google is trying to provide its users with the most reputable information that there is available. Just like news and video Google is pulling articles from Google Scholar into the main search results is the next step. We are already seeing some examples of this. When searching for a certain article or author, you can go to Google Scholar (under the “more” drop down menu) directly, or just type it in to the main search. If the article is linked into Google Scholar, it will pull from their search results into the main search results, looking like the example below with a “scroll” symbol next to it. Just like when Google Books results pull up in the main index, when you click on these results, it will automatically connect you with the Google Scholar search page and from there onto your article. Now libraries can link into Google Scholar so that individuals searching through Google can pull from their local resources and their local students can pull from Google’s resources. This is helpful to everyone around. This means that schools want Google Scholar on their library page to benefit their students and themselves. As Google expands its reach to other areas of information, the academic community is the next in line it seems. Are you able to search the most current information when doing your research? Are your students able to write the best papers they can because they have all the information they need? Maybe you should look into Google Scholar!