Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for acdemic/research literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
You can access Google Scholar using the following link: https://scholar.google.com/
The following two short videos will give you a overview of how to use Google Scholar. There are some excerise in the video you may find useful to do. Also, there are a few tips in both videos that you cannot do in relation to having a university students account.
The following website is a fantastic guide covering everything you need to know about Google Scholar: https://paperpile.com/g/google-scholar-guide/