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Google scholar vs. PsycINFO, SCI, ERIC

Comparing results of sample searches in Google Scholar against three fee-based article indexes — PsycINFO, Social Science Citation Index, and ERIC — this article looks at content, currency, relevancy & overlap. GS yields more results and a greater variety in its types of sources along with a higher rate of relevancy but less currency. See:

Susan Gardner Susanna Eng, Gaga over Google? Scholar in the Social
Sciences, Library Hi-Tech News, 22, 8 (2005) pp. 42-45.

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