Paths of discovery: Comparing the search effectiveness of EBSCO Discovery Service, Summon, Google Scholar, and conventional library resources.
It is becoming hard for users to select significant sources among many others as number of scientific publications increase (Henning and Gunn, 2012). Search engines that are using cloud computing methods such as Google can list related documents successfully answering user requirements (Johnson, Lev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği (Turkish Librarians' Association)
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Türk Kütüphaneciliği |
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| Online Access: | http://tk.org.tr/index.php/TK/article/view/2572 |
| Summary: | It is becoming hard for users to select significant sources among many others as number of scientific publications increase (Henning and Gunn, 2012). Search engines that are using cloud computing methods such as Google can list related documents successfully answering user requirements (Johnson, Levine and Smith, 2009). In order to meet users’ increasing demands, libraries started to use systems which enable users to access printed and electronic sources through a single interface. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to compare search effectiveness between Serial Solutions Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) web discovery tools, Google Scholar (GS) and conventional library databases among users from Bucknell University and Illinois Wesleyan University. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-0039 2147-9682 |