Literature Searches With Google Scholar: Knowing What You Are and Are Not Getting

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Groundwork

Publisher

The Geological Society of America

Publication Date

7-8-2013

Volume

23

Issue

10

First Page

44

Last Page

45

Abstract

Whether you are a student developing a senior thesis or a geoscientist preparing a research proposal, finding relevant concepts, data, and information produced by other geoscientists is a crucial step to eventual success. The quote, “If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, acknowledges this fact. Our expanding knowledge base, increasing professional specialization, and greater involvement in interdisciplinary studies make it less and less likely we will know all the useful information important to any study we may consider undertaking. For this reason, we turn to scholarly literature to remedy any important deficiencies. For both students and researchers, this has increasingly meant employing Google Scholar.

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