A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Use of Google Scholar and Academic Library Discovery Systems

Author(s)

Mónica Colón-Aguirre, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
K. E. Oh

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems are both popular resources among academic users for finding scholarly information. By conducting an online survey with 975 users from more than 20 public research universities across the United States, this study comparatively investigates how and why academic users use these two resources. Results show that the ways participants used both resources were similar, and both were perceived as highly accessibleand useful. Academic library discovery systems’ perceived comprehensiveness, subjective norm, loyalty, and intended use were higher than Google Scholar, while Google Scholar’s perceived ease of use, system quality, and satisfaction were higher than that of academic library discovery systems.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.6.876

Publication Info

College and Research Libraries News, Volume 80, Issue 6, 2019, pages 876-891.

A comparative study of perceptions and use of Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems by Kyong Eun Oh and Mónica Colón-Aguirre is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License.

APA Citation

Oh, K. E. & Colón-Aguirre, M. (2019). A comparative study of perceptions and use of Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems. College and Research Libraries, 80(6), 876-891. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.6.876