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Academic search engines : a quantitative outlook /

Academic Search Engines: intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services. The objective is to describe the main characteristics of these engines, to highlight their advantages a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ortega, José Luis (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford, UK : Chandos Publishing, [2014]
Series:Chandos information professional series.
Subjects:
Web search engines > Evaluation.
Internet research.
Scholarly Web sites.
Research > Evaluation > Data processing.
Moteurs de recherche sur Internet > Évaluation.
Internet dans la recherche.
Sites Web savants.
Recherche > Évaluation > Informatique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Internet research
Scholarly Web sites
informatieontsluiting
information retrieval
internet
informatietechnologie
information technology
Libraries (General)
Bibliotheken (algemeen)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Academic Search Engines: intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services. The objective is to describe the main characteristics of these engines, to highlight their advantages and drawbacks, and to discuss the implications of these new products in the future of scientific communication and their impact on the research measurement and evaluation. In short, Academic Search Engines presents a summary view of the new challenges that the Web set to the scientific activity thro.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780634722
1780634722