Google Scholar Out-Performs Many Subscription Databases when Keyword Searching

A Review of: Walters, W. H. (2009). Google Scholar search performance: Comparative recall and precision. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 9(1), 5-24. Objective – To compare the search performance (i.e., recall and precision) of Google Scholar with that of 11 other bibliographic databases wh...

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Main Author: Giovanna Badia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2010-09-01
Series:Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/8543