This guide compares and contrasts two specialized search tools, Google Scholar and Google Book Search.  Database contents, search capabilities, results display, and access issues are considered

O'Hanlon, Nancy

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net.TUTOR: Overview of Google Specialized Search Tools You may use Google to search the Web, or to find a variety of books and scholarly articles. This chart provides an overview of several specialized Google tools useful for academic research.  ToolGoogle Book Search Google ScholarURL http://print.google.com http://scholar.google.comContains: z Full text of books -- most are recently published works provided by publishers and authors.  z Some older works are being added.  z Many works are not listed here at all. Check your library catalog.  z Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles.  z Also citatations to articles which Google did not find online. Some may be available online through your library (see Access).  z Content from a select group of academic publishers and organizations.  z Many journals are not listed here.  Search: z Enter keywords and find books that contain those words somewhere within.  z Advanced Book Search allows you to search for specific books by title, author, publication date, etc.  z Once you have located a book, you may also search directly within the text of that particular book only. z Enter keywords and find results that contain those words somewhere within.  z Use special operators to search for a particular author, title, publication, or restrict by date. See Advanced Search Tips for details.  z From the Advanced Search page, you can search for scholarly literature within seven broad areas of research. Search results:z Snippet View shows information about the book plus a few sentences, with your search term in context. Here is a sample page.  z Sample Pages View, if the publisher or author has z Display is rather complex.  z See Understanding a Search Result for an illustrated overview.  net.TUTOR © 1997-2006, The Ohio State University Libraries http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/  given permission.  z Full Book View, if the book is out of copyright. For example: Daisy Miller  Access issues:z In some cases, you must login to your Google account before you can view text.  z Cannot print book pages.  z Includes links that lead directly to online bookstores.  z If you wish to borrow it from a library rather than purchase, in most cases you must search your library catalog to find a copy.  z Set Scholar Preferences to activate library links in results.  z When off-campus, you also need to sign in on the Library web site before searching Scholar in order to see library links to full text, where available.  z May not be updated as frequently as other databases.  

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