2. Mahnoor Sheikh
Roll# 11

4.  A software system that is designed to do
keyword searches for information on
the World Wide Web.
 They produce a line of results often referred
to as search engine results pages (SERPs).

5.  The most commonly used search engines are:
 Google
 Yahoo
 Bing

6.  Most famous and the most frequently used
search engine.
 Google Web site has a blinking cursor in an
edit box where you can type the word or
phrase that you are interested in.
 Google Instant is a search enhancement that
shows results as you type.

7.  One of the tools of Google that provides a
simple way to broadly search for scholarly
literature.
 A bibliographic database that is meant to find
abstracts and full text articles published on
various topics.

9.  Google Scholar arose out of a discussion
between Alex Verstak and Anurag Acharya.
 In 2011, Google removed Scholar from the
toolbars on its search pages.
 In 2012, an individual Google Scholar page
feature was added.
 “Google Scholar library” was introduced in
November 2013 where the logged-in users
can save search results.

10.  „Group of‟ feature:
Shows the available links to journal
articles.
 „Cited by‟ feature:
Provides access to abstracts of articles
that have cited the article being viewed.
 „Related articles‟ feature:
Presents a list of closely related articles.

11.  „Advanced search‟ feature:
Helps people to narrow down their
searches to find the most recent articles.
 „Keyword‟ feature:
The most relevant results for the
searched keywords will be listed first.
 „Ranking articles‟ feature:
Tells the ranking of the articles and the
journals.

12.  Google's homepage and Gmail have a "More"
link on the top.
 Click on the link and select "Scholar" from the
drop-down menu.
 Set your “Scholar preferences”.
 Use “Advanced search" option.
 Choose a “Subject” area.
 Click on "Search Scholar”.

14.  It covers a wide range of academic content
areas and is continually being updated.
 Full text articles are available.
 Google Scholar can connect you to library
resources.
 Ranks and lists search results in order of
relativity to search query.
 Sources found are more academic versus
regular search engine.

15.  Some articles require payment for full view of
text.
 Google Scholar does not state where search
result was found from.
 Your results may not be current or as
comprehensive as you need.
 Google Scholar has less coverage in
Humanities and more in Science and
Technology.
 Not compatible with EndNote citation
software

16.  The increasing availability of online
information resources and open access
journals will place Google Scholar at the
fingertips of most working scholars.
 Improvements in the Google Scholar system
will increase its use by those already familiar
with it and gain it new users.