Google Scholar


This week we explored google scholar:

  • What search terms or search phrases did you use to search Google Scholar?

Traditional medicine AND "Mood disorders"
Ethnomedicine AND "Mood disorders"
Alternative medicine AND "mood disorders"
Alternative treatments AND "Bipolar"

· What limiters did you use?
Relevance

 · What did you find here that you have not seen in the databases?
I found the "related searches" links at the bottom of the results to be helpful. More so than the topic links provided by the library databases.

 · How did this search process compare with the library databases you have been using? Was it easier or more difficult?
I found google scholar easy to use but the library databases and books are still most useful for my topic. I found that I was having to weed through some irrelevant information but I also found many of the articles from searching a variety of subject specific databases and ASC all in one place.

· How might you use this tool in the future?
I have not really used Google Scholar much since I always assumed access to the library databases was a better option for research. But, I was pleasantly surprised with google scholar and like that it links to the WSU library so I can access the articles in full text very easily or request interlibrary loan. I will certainly be utilizing this more in the future.

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2018 at 1:11 PM

    Brandi,

    You make great observations about the usefulness of Google Scholar when you use it alongside of library databases. Often, the library has access to resources that Google Scholar does not. Being able to link Google Scholar to the library databases is a very helpful tool to find full text information for free. Additionally, Google Scholar tends to be more broad in its results, making it a bit harder to find precise information and the library databases have the ability to locate information with more precision. Good job with this assignment! -Kimberly

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