EVALUATING SCHOLARLY RESEARCH: A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO COMPARE WEB OF SCIENCE, SCOPUS AND GOOGLE SCHOLAR
| Main Author: | Karavattuveetil, Susan Mathew K |
|---|---|
| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/25266/1/Evaluating%20Scholarly%20research.doc http://eprints.rclis.org/25266/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Researchers use different resources to trace the research done in their field of interest and to find the impact of their work. The basic features of three common citation resources, Web of science of ISI, Scopus of Elsevier and Google Scholar are detailed in this study. An attempt is made to compare the important features of these three tools using data from their respective web sites and available literature. While Web of Science and Scopus are commercial databases Google Scholar is an open access database. Ease of access is an aspect which makes Google scholar a friendlier tool for library users, when compared to Web of Science and Scopus. Further studies based on different search options are to be conducted to evaluate the usability of these resources.