Nachweis deutschsprachiger bibliotheks- und informationswissenschaftlicher Aufsätze in Google Scholar [References to German LIS articles in Google Scholar]

In this study, we ask if Google Scholar is suitable for finding articles in library and information science. Therefore, we check if articles published from 2004-2006 from the eight major German language LIS periodicals can be found in Google Scholar. We find that Google Scholar does not give bibliographic data for all articles and is therefore no substitute for bibliographic databases. But, Google Scholar makes available a certain amount of the articles in full text. Therefore, in some cases it can be a fast and unproblematic way for obtaining full texts, omitting the traditional way of visiting the library or interlibrary loan. For library and information science, Google Scholar could be a good way to make its articles available to a wider audience