Running with the Devil: Accessing Library-Licensed Full Text Holdings Through Google Scholar

Linking full-text proprietary databases with Google Scholar revealed three significant limitations in terms of precision (no subject heading search), transparency (no listing of information sources), and visibility (Google Scholar details are hard to find). Google Scholar is not a "one stop sho...

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Published in:Internet reference services quarterly 2006-04, Vol.10 (3-4), p.149-157
Main Authors: Donlan, Rebecca, Cooke, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
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full text
Full text databases
Google
Google Scholar
Libraries
link re-solvers
Online information retrieval
Open URL resolvers
Search engines
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Summary:Linking full-text proprietary databases with Google Scholar revealed three significant limitations in terms of precision (no subject heading search), transparency (no listing of information sources), and visibility (Google Scholar details are hard to find). Google Scholar is not a "one stop shopping" search engine that retrieves all relevant data from a library's licensed content. Despite these shortcomings, Google Scholar is a worthwhile search option for students, which may steer them away from Web resources, and towards the library's catalog and databases.
ISSN:1087-5301
1540-4749
DOI:10.1300/J136v10n03_13