Until Monday, I had never heard of Google scholar. I was having a bit of an issue with finding credible sources of information about my research topic. I found that there was a lot of opinion filled articles and editorials which come in handy but wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. I found that the tips that were showed in class did help eliminate some of that. By forcing the search engine to look for specific domains and using quotations to find something specific, I felt more comfortable with the search results. The one thing I did notice was that even though some of the results were of higher quality, they weren’t available for me to use. Why not make information available to everybody? It’s very frustrating.
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I agree with you, I also have problems finding credible sources on Google scholar. As well as you, I found the tips giving in class to be useful. The tip which helped me the most was the placing of quotation marks. Placing quotation marks helped me narrow down the search results. Once the results are narrow, most of the results were not attainable. Most of them had to be purchase. When I run in to this problem, I normally copy the title in the journal and search for it on a regular Google search. Sometimes you can find a link which provides a copy of the journal article for free.