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Shifting Sands: Science Researchers on Google Scholar, Web of Science, and PubMed, with Implications for Library Collections Budgets
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Hightower, Christy; Caldwell, Christy – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2010
Science researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz were surveyed about their article database use and preferences in order to inform collection budget choices. Web of Science was the single most used database, selected by 41.6%. Statistically there was no difference between PubMed (21.5%) and Google Scholar (18.7%) as the second most…
Descriptors: Researchers, College Faculty, Sciences, Library Services