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Subject:	Re: Google Scholar rather than academic data bases?
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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:49:21 -0400
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From: "Calderone, Laura" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:18:25 +0000

One factor that I haven't seen mentioned is that Google Scholar
searches full-text rather than metadata only. This is a very
significant difference. I always use commercial A&I databases as well
as Google Scholar for this reason. For more esoteric topics I have
found things on Google Scholar that were not returned in a search of
the A&I databases.

Laura Calderone
Electronic Resources & Reference Librarian
Technical Library
Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque
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