Google Scholar与外语院校图书馆参考咨询服务:机遇与挑战

Google Scholar and Library Reference Service in Foreign Language Universities: Opportunities and Challenges

Google Scholar是一个免费检索工具,主要用于查找资料,获取相关学术资源。描述GS的特征及其在外语院校图书馆参考咨询服务中的机遇与挑战,本研究不仅利于我们加强对GS功能的了解,也有利于图书馆管理人员科学地认识GS及其参考咨询服务功能,以更好地完善图书馆的参考咨询服务体系。

Google Scholar（ GS） is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the academic resources,mainly for the users to search data and gain related sources. The article describes the feature of GS and its opportunities and challenges in the reference service of the library of foreign language universities. The study will not only help us know more about the role of reference service,but also prove beneficial for librarians to be clear about the use of GS in reference service so as to better its service quality.