Microsoft Academic Search and Google Scholar: A Gateway for Research Beginners

M Prakash; M Sathish Kumar; S Ally Sornam

M Prakash Department of Library & Information Science Bishop Heber College Tiruchi, India
M Sathish Kumar Department of Library & Information Science Bishop Heber College Tiruchi, India
S Ally Sornam Department of Library & Information Science Bishop Heber College Tiruchi, India

Abstract

This paper deals about the working techniques of Microsoft Academic Search and Google Scholar. MAS & GS have their own advantages for searching exclusively scholarly documents which are indexed in their platforms. Most of the peer reviewed journals, non peer reviewed journals and open access journals are indexed here. This tutorial is very much helpful for the research beginners and academicians for locating the related reviews.

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