A preliminary assessment of Google Scholar as a source of EAP students' research materials
ARTICLE
Rena Helms-Park, Pavlina Radia, Paul Stapleton
Internet and Higher Education Volume 10, Number 1, ISSN 1096-7516 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
While the use of a search engine to find secondary sources is now a commonplace practice among undergraduate writers, recent studies show that students' online searches often lead to materials that are wholly or partially unsuitable for academic purposes. Accordingly, this project set out to determine whether using a more specialized search engine, Google Scholar, would lead to qualitative differences in the sources selected by second-language (L2) students working on a research-based assignment in a first-year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course. The participants in this study (
Citation
Helms-Park, R., Radia, P. & Stapleton, P. (2007). A preliminary assessment of Google Scholar as a source of EAP students' research materials. Internet and Higher Education, 10(1), 65-76. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved April 18, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/102634/.
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Keywords
- academic writing
- Bibliographies
- Computer Software Evaluation
- Computer Uses in Education
- EAP
- Electronic Libraries
- Electronic literacy
- English for Academic Purposes
- Evaluation Criteria
- Google Scholar
- information sources
- internet
- Library Materials
- Nonprint Media
- Printed Materials
- Rating Scales
- Research Tools
- Search Engines
- Second Language Instruction
- second language learning
- Student Research
- Web Sites
- Web-based research
- Writing Assignments
