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A Preliminary Assessment of Google Scholar as a Source of EAP Students' Research Materials

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Helms-Park, Rena; Radia, Pavlina; Stapleton, Paul – Internet and Higher Education, 2007

While the use of a search engine to find secondary sources is now a commonplace practice among undergraduate writers, recent studies show that students' online searches often lead to materials that are wholly or partially unsuitable for academic purposes. Accordingly, this project set out to determine whether using a more specialized search…

Descriptors: Search Engines, Internet, English for Academic Purposes, Information Sources