Rather than use a general search-engine like Google, academic search engines focus on scholarly, peer-reviewed content. They automatically "weed-out" a lot of the Google Garbage.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You won't be able to access everything. Look for articles that have PDF attached, or are linked to JSTOR.
From the Royal Geographic Society: From the initial decisions to be made over the focus of your research, to analysing and evaluating investigative techniques, the guidance will cover each stage of the research framework.
Define an area of interest anywhere in the world, and we'll automagically create thematic factsheets containing interactive maps, charts, written overviews, and statistical summaries – all based on open geodata.
