GOOGLE or GOOGLE Scholar Hmmmmmm....

We were tasked on determining which Search engine was better. Google Scholar Or Google.

Lets Compare both Search Engine

Google                                               

          

Google Scholar

As you can See both Have Different User Interface I find the Google Search interface more friendly then Scholar as Searching for my Topic was much simpler.

Now lets Compare Google And Scholar Different Functions

Google Advanced Functions

This Advanced Search Functions will enable me to fine tune my Searches So as to prevent the search engine from returning unwanted results. I can also Type in certain words that i do not want the Search engine to return. return.  I can also Search in different languages and get results in different files format. This are just some examples that i have tried out. There are various others functionalities that are available.

Google Scholar Advanced Functions

Google Scholar Advanced functions is much more precise compared to Google as I can Search My Topic In Articles from different Authors. based on their publication year. I can also Search Articles And patents from the different Category that is provided in the Advanced Search functions. There is also the functions to Search my topic from Legal opinions and journals from different Courts. I just need to choose the state that i want the search engine to search.

Usability in both Search Engine.

Google

 

The Ability To predict What i want to Search is A Great Feature in Google. I can just choose the right one from the drop down menu. There is also a feature for me to choose to make searches in Singapore or the web which is located in the left menu. I can also get results which are latest or from past years. I can also get similar Searches by just clicking on the similar button to get the same result.

This are just some of the features that i have explored in Google.

Google Scholar

Strangely The ability To predict what I type in the Search engine is missing here although Google scholar in also Google search engine. Some features that are in Google Scholar is the drop down menu that makes the search more precise. I can just choose to search in articles etc from which year since 1991 to 2010 and include citations or in summaries. There is also a feature to get the same result by clicking the related articles.

Based on my findings both have their different functions and it depends on the user preference and what kind of searches is made on both search engines to decide which one is better. For my liking I would rather use Google to search for my topic as it was able to return the result .Google Scholar although with its different features was far too complicated to me.