What is Google Scholar? | Webrarian Episode 14

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LIBCAST - The Library Podcast

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LIBCAST is a podcast that aims to provide informative and engaging content to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Kelaniya. It will feature interviews, discussions, book reviews, and other relevant topics related to the university's library and academic life. The LIBCAST project aims to launch a podcast series by the Interactive Media Unit in 2024 at the Library of the University of Kelaniya. The podcast, named LIBCAST, will be a platform for sharing knowledge, promoting academic resources, and fostering intellectual discussions among the university community and beyond.

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What is Google Scholar? | Webrarian Episode 14

LIBCAST - The Library Podcast

6 minutes 56 seconds

1 month ago

What is Google Scholar? | Webrarian Episode 14

Regular Google is perfect for everyday questions, but what do you do when you need to find serious, peer-reviewed research? A normal search can leave you buried in news articles and blogs. What if there were a version of Google that was a dedicated academic expert?

Welcome back to Webrarian! In this 10-minute episode, we go back to basics to explore a fundamental and powerful tool for every student and researcher: Google Scholar.

Discover how this free search engine filters the web to focus exclusively on scholarly literature like journal articles, theses, and academic books. We'll show you that its true power isn't just in finding a paper, but in using its magical "Cited by" link—a feature we call one of the most powerful research tools on the free internet—to trace the scholarly conversation forward in time and find the latest research. We also cover other key features like "Related articles," personal libraries, and automated alerts.

Join us for a balanced look at Google Scholar's incredible strengths as a starting point for research, as well as its limitations compared to curated library databases. Learn why, even in an age of advanced AI, this giant remains an essential gateway to the world's knowledge.

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