"Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites." from https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html, About Google Scholar. 

To be able to get to full-text articles from your Library's subscriptions when using Google Scholar, either go directly to http://scholar.google.com and follow the instructions below to get linked to our library, or use the Library's proxied link found in our list of databases, http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/GoogleSch.  

Use Google Scholar to get full-text articles with Library subscriptions - Link to the Library!

Go to Settings

Click on Library Links

Make sure The University of Iowa - ViewIt@UILink has a check mark next to it and SAVE that setting. If you are logged in to a Google Account, the setting should remain each time you login. 

Then look for the ViewIt@UILink link in the results to get to University of Iowa subscribed content.

Explore the "Cite" and "Cited by" features

Pros of using Google Scholar

• free search tool that is available to everyone with online access
• searches across many disciplines all at one time
• easy to use
• quick way to follow-up on a citation you find in a bibliography

Cons of using Google Scholar

• less quality control in Google Scholar than most library databases because of its automated process for including material found online
• results sometimes too broad; library databases, especially those that are subject-specific, will be more focused and therefore typically provide more precise results
• there is no transparency in either the number or the titles of journals that are searched in Google Scholar; you may not be able to easily verify that the core journals in your discipline have their content included
• large portion of the linked content is behind a paywall, so you will need to either be affiliated with an institution/university that has access to the content or use a local public library to make a request for the material. If you have the means, you may be able to purchase the information you seek article by article, but the cost will add up quickly.