Scholarish: Google scholar and its value to the sciences

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gray, Jerry E ^a   Hamilton, Michelle C ^a   Hauser, Alexandra ^a   Janz, Margaret M ^a   Peters, Justin P ^a   Taggart, Fiona ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865191444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10921206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5062/F4MK69T9     Document Type: Article

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