Google Scholar is a search tool for locating scholarly information, including journal articles, books, abstracts, and court opinions, by searching universities, societies, publishers, online repositories, and other web sites.  It includes information from a variety of disciplines, but is strongest in the sciences and technical fields. 

Not everything indexed in Google Scholar is peer-reviewed so be sure to evaluate the information you find, as you would with other sources.  Also, not everything is fulltext but with a little bit of configuration you can check to see what WSU has available. 

WSU Libraries uses a service called Find It @ WSU to check for fulltext access to materials.  Google Scholar can be configured to display the Find It @ WSU link. This link is a great way to tell if WSU has access to a specific article and also provides you with ordering options if fulltext is not available. 

To configure Google Scholar:

1. Go to Google Scholar and click on Scholar Preferences.
2. Look for the "Library Links" section on the Preferences page.
3. Search for "Washington State".
4. Click on the checkbox next to "Washington State University - Find It at WSU Libraries".  Your preferences will look similar to this:

Now, Find It at WSU Libraries links will show up in search results.  For example:

Note: if you are off campus, you will be asked to authenticate to access fulltext materials.