Don't Debate: Databases and Google Scholar As Research Tools

Type of Presentation

Poster Session (45 minutes)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Emily Bell, Delta State University, MSFollow
Cynthia Beardsley, Delta State University, MSFollow

Location

Lobby

Proposal

See presentation description.

Presentation Description

Today’s college students are largely familiar with the World Wide Web and often initiate school research on one of the various search engines. During library instruction, students are trained to utilized databases for research. Our poster session will address the similarities and differences between databases and Google’s answer to scholarly information – Google Scholar.

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Bell, Emily and Beardsley, Cynthia, "Don't Debate: Databases and Google Scholar As Research Tools" (2011). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 64.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2011/2011/64