Google, Google Scholar or the library databases - which one should I use?
Google Scholar or LUBsearch?
You can find most articles from LUBsearch in Google Scholar. The difference is that in LUBsearch you have direct acces to the fulltext. In Google Scholar you can also find material that you can't find in LUBsearch, but the quality can vary so you need to spend some extra time on source evaluation. Apart from articles, Google Scholar also finds many student theses.
If you're looking for working papers, Google Scholar will find more of those than LUBsearch. You can also search directly in a database for working papers, e.g. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers (NBER W.P.).
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers (NBER)
Google Scholar or Scopus?
Use Scopus instead of Google Scholar if you want to be certain that the articles always come from high quality journals. In Scopus you can easily limit your search result, e.g. according to subject area, article type or number of citations. Via Keywords you'll also get help to find alternative search terms.
Google Scholar, LUBsearch or a subject database?
Use a subject database like EconLit (economics and economic history) or Business Source Complete (business administration) instead of Google Scholar or LUBsearch if you only want to search within your subject or discipline.
Google, Google Scholar or our finance databases?
Use the library's finance databases to get access to a lot of data that is otherwise behind paywalls.
Finance databases from the library
When do I use what? In this video you'll get a quick overview of when it's better to use Google, Google Scholar or the library databases. The video is in Swedish, but you can choose English subtitles by hitting toggle captions..
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