From: Anaya Jones <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:35:38 -0400

Sally,

I can tell you from personal experience that I found academic
databases more useful in undergraduate work, and I will go back to
them for my graduate work.

Hope this helps,  Anaya

On 17 September 2012 18:19, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:27:46 +0100
>
> I have a related question - what do people actually use?  Academic
> databases, Google Scholar, or plain old Google?
>
> This may be an instance when identifying what's best is fruitless in the
> face of what users actually do.
>
> I'd be interested to know of any recent studies on what search tools are
> more commonly used by graduate students, researchers, and for that matter
> faculty.
>
> Sally
>
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