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"Google Scholar Rivals Web of Science" - UBC Prof Says
http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/
It's axiomatic that databases bought by university libraries - like ISI'sWeb of Science (WoS) - outperform free search tools like Google Scholar. Or is it? A recent study co-authored by Daniel Pauly, director of the UBC Fisheries Centre suggests otherwise; the study compared WoS with Google Scholar, with some surprising results.
(Thanks to Melody Allison for sending this along)
Posted by P. Kaufman at March 2, 2006 7:54 AM
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