7. Our advice
7.1 Learn how to make the most of Google Scholar
Google Scholar offers multiple possibilities, so try them out and select the ones that are most useful to you. Don't forget that Google Scholar's broad coverage means you can find work that is not included in traditional databases used to evaluate researchers or laboratories.
You'll also find innovative work and access to full-text versions of certain publications (indicated by the acronym .pdf to the right of the reference).
There are also many guides and works relating to the use of Google Scholar and citations. You can search for them in Google and read them. This will undoubtedly provide you with further ideas and examples of use.
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Falagas M.E., Pitsouni E.I., Malietzis G.A., & Pappas G., Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, web of science, and Google scholar: strengths and weaknesses. The FASEB Journal, 22(2), 338-342 (2008).
Harzing A.W. & Van der Wal R., Google Scholar: the democratization of citation analysis. Ethics in science and environmental politics, 8(1), 61-73 (2007).
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