A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems
Author
Eun Oh, Kyong; Colón-Aguirre, Mónica
Abstract
Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems are both popular resources among academic users for finding scholarly information. By conducting an online survey with 975 users from more than 20 public research universities across the United States, this study comparatively investigates how and why academic users use these two resources. Results show that the ways participants used both resources were similar, and both were perceived as highly accessible and useful. Academic library discovery systems’ perceived comprehensiveness, subjective norm, loyalty, and intended use were higher than Google Scholar, while Google Scholar’s perceived ease of use, system quality, and satisfaction were higher than that of academic library discovery systems.
Date
2019
Citation:
APA:
Eun Oh, Kyong, & Colón-Aguirre, Mónica. (January 2019).
A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7832
MLA:
Eun Oh, Kyong, and Colón-Aguirre, Mónica.
"A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems". .
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January 2019.
September 27, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7832.
Chicago:
Eun Oh, Kyong and Colón-Aguirre, Mónica,
"A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems," , no.
(January 2019),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7832 (accessed
September 27, 2023).
AMA:
Eun Oh, Kyong, Colón-Aguirre, Mónica.
A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems. .
January 2019;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7832. Accessed
September 27, 2023.
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