Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt für matematikk for mathematics plus Web of Knowledge, Science Direct, Springer, Google Scolar for search in all disciplines Including mathematics.
Google Scholar is better for academic research than Google. Instead of searching for needles in the proverbial haystack, it puts you in the needlestack, so to speak. Nevertheless, sometimes useful information will turn up on a Google search and not with Google Scholar, so I still stand by my comment of a week ago ("Leave no stone unturned").