Google vs. Library Information

• Google Basic Free; Too much information; Many Ads; Anyone can provide information

• Google Scholar Free; Articles and more; Authors with credentials; Casts a wide net; “Multi-Versions of doc”

• Library Databases Free to RPI; Articles and more; Authors with credentials; “Usually one version of doc”

Comparison – Same Phrase Search

• Results for Three Databases• Google Basic – Almost 10,0000 matches

• First ten results• Google Scholar – One match /Four versions

• Library Research Database – One match/one version

• The Global Food Crisis and Guatemala: What Crisis and for Whom?  Original Research Article World Development, Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 1328-1339Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet

Selecting Articles: Use Your Judgement

• Readability• Can you read and understand the article? – 1st paragraph test• Omit those you can neither read nor understand.

• Consider the source• Library research database, ProQuest Research Library• Author’s credentials – University affiliation or Staff writer for

recognized trade or specialized magazine

Search Strategy

• State Search - Articles on pharmaceutical industry and globalization

• Search terms: pharmaceutical* globalization• Keywords• Wildcard ending *

• Fine tune your search startegy• Review search results.• Narrow/Broaden search topic.• Add/Change keywords.

Keyword Search

Brief Search Results: Publication Types

PublicationTypes

Brief Search Results: Full Text?

Specific Article – More Information

SFX –What is it?

• Software tool • Used in Library Databases & Google Scholar

• Gets you to the full text.

• This may mean …• another library database.• interlibrary loan.• the help of a librarian.• print format.

SFX@RPI

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SFX Example

SFX Window

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