From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:17:07 -0400 Subject: Re: Question about search engines The best shot you have that I know of for finding library holdings is the Summon version for that library which can only be done for libraries that subscribe to Summon. It seems that other discovery services may tend to require a login to use the service, which can only be done by members of that institution. There are serious implications to the ability of Google searches to find quality sources and research articles. The examples of "Google Domain Limited Web Searches" are illustrated in a number of search results links if you go to this URL that provides search results for this phrase. Included are searches for blog content in a post-Google Blog search world and government documents in a post-Google Uncle Sam world as well as content from or mentionind databases such and PUBMED, ScienceDirect, JSTOR, NCJRS, GOV, ERIC/EDU all preceded by the SITE: search command in Google Web searches. Like any other type of searching, this type of searching is very useful some of the time and in other search examples, not so much, but it is another method to try and add to ones search arsenal. http://tinyurl.com/z6jxmzg This link provides a search of a journal article in Summon "Differences between caregivers and noncaregivers in psychological health and physical health: a meta-analysis." 244 results Source Type Book / eBook (58) Book Chapter (7) Book Review (1) Journal Article (177) Reference (3) http://tinyurl.com/j2dne3p Another point to be made about Summon is that one can do subject specific searches from Summon versions at different libraries and compare collection numbers and sample and compare sources found. The catch is that there is a limit to the number of results one can see per search, but one can expand this by sampling different date ranges. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [log in to unmask] http://workface.com/e/daviddillard