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TOP TOOLS 2008
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly
literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines
and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and
articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint
repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google
Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the
world of scholarly research.
| Website |
scholar.google.com |
| Cost |
Free |
| Availability |
Online |
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2007 ranking |
36= |
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2008 ranking |
42= |
Comments from those who
selected Google Scholar as one of their Top 100 Tools in
2008
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"provides a
quick way to perform a surface search of academic
literature, and assess peer validation of resources."
Pat Parslow
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"Great
tool for research of scholarly literature & reference
materials. Doesn't yet provide universal access but
still a first choice research tool. Free"
Jack Chapman
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"Search
tool"
Daniel O'Shea
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"with
a limited access to a libraries database, this site has
offered a wonderful first step toward advanced research"
Bill
Jackson
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"in my mind, Google Scholar has made
most library tools obselete. It has really taken
reference checking to the next level"
Daniel Lemire
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" Very handy
when looking up articles for your dissertation."
Benjamin
Hamilton
Comments from those who selected Google
Scholar as one of their Top 100 Tools in 2007
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"I search through my university's
library with Google Scholar"
Joan
Vinall-Cox
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" I
start my literature searches here (citation rating
is especially useful) and just wish it was better
integrated with the substantial digital library that
comes through my university."
Frances
Bell
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"Great research
resource which
includes information
about the popularity
of each citation as
well as identifying
Web and library
sources for finding
the articles."
Leigh Zeitz
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