Google Scholar is ok for:
- beginning researchers who need help finding journal titles and authors
- finding obscure references
- citation tracking
It is limited because it does not:
- search by discipline
- limit or filter search results precisely
Google also does not release the names of the publishers or journal titles the results come from.
It is an imprecise search tool, particularly when compared to the discipline specific databases available through the library such as those suggested on this guide.
