General Resources

ResearchGate is a prominent, free-to-use social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask questions, and find collaborators. With over 25 million members, it operates as an, academic social network (often described as "LinkedIn for researchers") designed to boost research visibility and allow access to over 160 million publication pages.

www.researchgate.net

Google Scholar is a free, specialized search engine from Google designed to locate scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources. It indexes academic articles, theses, books, technical reports, and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, and online repositories.

scholar.google.com