300 Geoscience Information/Communication (Posters)

Comparison of GeoRef and Google Scholar

Paper number: 300-2
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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Abstract

Recent studies have compared the coverage of topical bibliographic databases with Google Scholar. Overlap in coverage ranges from less than ten percent to over ninety percent; coverage by age of material varied greatly as well. A 2006 article by Neuhaus, et al. reported that overlap between Google Scholar and GeoRef was twenty-six percent and that there was a ‘pronounced bias toward English language publications”. This study looks more closely at the overlap between these two resources, with specific attention paid to overlap by language and date of publication.