How Google Scholar Works
Within a few short months of its launch, Google Scholar drew raves from its scholarly audience and established itself as a viable (and free) alternative to the expensive research databases offered by Elsevier, Thomson, and other scholarly publishers. Although some librarians say that Google Scholar doesn’t offer quite the quality and quantity of results of its more-established rivals, others praise it for its easy access and simple operation.
As you can see in Figure 12.1, the Google Scholar search page closely resembles the traditional Google web search page. You access Google Scholar at scholar.google.com.
Figure 12.1. The Google Scholar main search page.
When you search Google Scholar, you receive a list ...
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