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 > > Sally Morris > South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex, UK BN13 3UU > Email: [log in to unmask]