Metadata mega mess in Google Scholar

Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 175 - 191
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Abstract
Purpose – Google Scholar (GS) has shed the beta label on the fifth anniversary of launching its service. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approach – As good as GS is – through its keyword search option – to find information about tens of millions of documents, many of them in open access full text format, it is as bad for metadata‐based searching when, beyond keywords in the title, abstract, descriptor and/or full text,...
Paper Details
Title
Metadata mega mess in Google Scholar
Published Date
Feb 23, 2010
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
175 - 191
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