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Google Scholar Search Performance: Comparative Recall and Precision
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Walters, William H. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
This paper presents a comparative evaluation of Google Scholar and 11 other bibliographic databases (Academic Search Elite, AgeLine, ArticleFirst, EconLit, GEOBASE, MEDLINE, PAIS International, POPLINE, Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index, and SocINDEX), focusing on search performance within the multidisciplinary field of…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Online Searching
The Depth and Breadth of Google Scholar: An Empirical Study
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Neuhaus, Chris; Neuhaus, Ellen; Asher, Alan; Wrede, Clint – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
The introduction of Google Scholar in November 2004 was accompanied by fanfare, skepticism, and numerous questions about the scope and coverage of this database. Nearly one year after its inception, many of these questions remain unanswered. This study compares the contents of 47 different databases with that of Google Scholar. Included in this…
Descriptors: Databases, Library Services, Libraries
Subject Retrieval from Full-Text Databases in the Humanities
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East, John W. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
This paper examines the problems involved in subject retrieval from full-text databases of secondary materials in the humanities. Ten such databases were studied and their search functionality evaluated, focusing on factors such as Boolean operators, document surrogates, limiting by subject area, proximity operators, phrase searching, wildcards,…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Search Strategies, Humanities, Bibliographic Databases
Aggregated Interdisciplinary Databases and the Needs of Undergraduate Researchers
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Fister, Barbara; Gilbert, Julie; Fry, Amy Ray – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
After seeing growing frustration among inexperienced undergraduate researchers searching a popular aggregated interdisciplinary database, the authors questioned whether the leading interdisciplinary databases are serving undergraduates' needs. As a preliminary exploration of this question, the authors queried vendors, analyzed their marketing…
Descriptors: Databases, Internet, Liberal Arts, Researchers