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http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2014.25.3.215

An Investigation of Information Usefulness of Google Scholar in Comparison with Web of Science  

Kim, Hyunjung (서울여자대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science / v.25, no.3, 2014 , pp. 215-234 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether Google Scholar (GS) can substitute Web of Science (WoS) for those who don't have access to the subscription-based indexing service and if users feel GS is useful for scholarly information. To achieve the research purpose, the study evaluates both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the two databases. The major results through statistical analysis show that GS indexes much more records and citations for LIS journals than WoS(p < .01), but users' feedback about GS is not better than those about WoS.
Keywords
Information Usefulness; Citation Analysis; Citation Indexing; Database Evaluation; User Evaluation;
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