Finding out how Google Scholar works is a bit tricky, as Google is loathe to release too many details about how the service works. One window in to the inner workings can be found by looking at the posts on the Google Scholar Blog, the official blog from Google about the service. Some notable posts from the past year include:
If you direct students and faculty to Google Scholar, please make sure you tell them to use the link to it on our A-Z databases page. Our link is customized so that it automatically does the “Library links” settings in Google Scholar to indicate the searcher is from Baruch, which then ensures that a “Find Full Text at Baruch” link appears next to article that we have access to.