Elsevier Compendex and Google Scholar: A Quantitative Comparison of Two Resources for Engineering Research and an Update to Prior Comparisons

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-243

  Cusker, Jeremy ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Compendex; Database; Elsevier; Engineering; Engineering village; Google scholar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878909113     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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