- Deborah Tannen
- Research Papers
- Web Search
Evidence-based Review of Academic Web Search Engines, 2014-2016
An evidence-based review of academic web search engines, 2014-2016: Implications for librarians ’ practice and research agenda
Academic web search engines have become central to scholarly research. While the fitness of Google Scholar for research purposes has been examined repeatedly, Microsoft Academic and Google Books have not received much attention. Recent studies have much to tell us about the coverage and utility of Google Scholar, its coverage of the sciences, and its utility for evaluating researcher impact.
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