Courses draw from journal articles, government reports, primary source archives, public lectures, and books. Many are freely available online. For everything else, the platform gives you what you need to find it.
What the platform does for you
When a reading is freely available online — open-access PDFs, public domain texts, government reports — the platform links you directly. No searching required.
Every reading includes bibliographic details with one-click copy. Search any library catalog or bookseller by ISBN. Find any journal article by DOI.
Every reading includes Google Scholar and Google search links so you can find accessible versions, borrow digitally, or locate a copy at your local library.
Set these up before your first course
You don’t need a university login. JSTOR’s free tier gives you access to 100 articles per month — more than enough for any course. Most people don’t know this exists.
A free digital lending library. Create an account and borrow books for 1–14 days. Not every edition is always available, but it’s worth checking before requesting from your library.
If your course needs them
Go to Settings → Library links and add your local library. Scholar will automatically surface free versions of papers. One-time setup, permanent benefit.
Especially valuable for out-of-print works, primary sources, and anything pre-digital that other platforms don’t carry.
Full-text access to millions of biomedical and health science research articles. Essential for courses touching medicine, neuroscience, or biology.
Researchers post papers here before journal publication. arXiv for STEM, SSRN for economics and social sciences, PhilPapers for philosophy.
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