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Main Authors: Howland, Jared L., Howell, Scott, Wright, Thomas C., Dickson, Cody
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ866280
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author Howland, Jared L.
Howell, Scott
Wright, Thomas C.
Dickson, Cody
author_facet Howland, Jared L.
Howell, Scott
Wright, Thomas C.
Dickson, Cody
Howland, Jared L.
Howell, Scott
Wright, Thomas C.
Dickson, Cody
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Google Scholar and the Continuing Education Literature Howland, Jared L. Howell, Scott Wright, Thomas C. Dickson, Cody Research Tools Continuing Education Databases Online Catalogs Online Searching Online Vendors Search Strategies Access to Information User Satisfaction (Information) Navigation (Information Systems) The recent introduction of Google Scholar has renewed hope that someday a powerful research tool will bring continuing education literature more quickly, freely, and completely to one's computer. The authors suggest that using Google Scholar with other traditional search methods will narrow the research gap between what is discoverable and available. They present results of an investigation in which the names of two scholars were submitted to research queries using traditional library databases and Google Scholar. While not all of the scholars' academic publications were identified in the search, more were identified by Google Scholar than the other databases. However, other databases identified some that Google Scholar did not. It was evident from this informal analysis that utilizing Google Scholar with other traditional research methods adds value and discoverability in the search for relevant continuing education literature. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
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spellingShingle Google Scholar and the Continuing Education Literature
Howland, Jared L.
Howell, Scott
Wright, Thomas C.
Dickson, Cody
Research Tools
Continuing Education
Databases
Online Catalogs
Online Searching
Online Vendors
Search Strategies
Access to Information
User Satisfaction (Information)
Navigation (Information Systems)
Google Scholar and the Continuing Education Literature Howland, Jared L. Howell, Scott Wright, Thomas C. Dickson, Cody Research Tools Continuing Education Databases Online Catalogs Online Searching Online Vendors Search Strategies Access to Information User Satisfaction (Information) Navigation (Information Systems) The recent introduction of Google Scholar has renewed hope that someday a powerful research tool will bring continuing education literature more quickly, freely, and completely to one's computer. The authors suggest that using Google Scholar with other traditional search methods will narrow the research gap between what is discoverable and available. They present results of an investigation in which the names of two scholars were submitted to research queries using traditional library databases and Google Scholar. While not all of the scholars' academic publications were identified in the search, more were identified by Google Scholar than the other databases. However, other databases identified some that Google Scholar did not. It was evident from this informal analysis that utilizing Google Scholar with other traditional research methods adds value and discoverability in the search for relevant continuing education literature. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
title Google Scholar and the Continuing Education Literature
topic Research Tools
Continuing Education
Databases
Online Catalogs
Online Searching
Online Vendors
Search Strategies
Access to Information
User Satisfaction (Information)
Navigation (Information Systems)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ866280