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Tutorial : Kluber ~ Color

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Remember Different Tools, Databases, Catalogs & Search Engines Search Different Universes. 

Think about What the tool is searching, not just how good the search algorithm is.

Example: If you want to find articles in a specific journal, and that journal is not found or indexed on the public internet, then Google can't find it. 

Database Chart ~ Coverage & Features

Database Chart ~ Descriptions & Source Types

Database Name

Good For

Source Types

Irrelevancy ranking

Universe

Art Databases : Art & Architechture Source & Art Bibliographies Modern

Art History & Studio Art Color Theory in Art

Journal Articles  Book Chapters   

Very Low

Scholarly

Print & Online

Historical & Current

Grinnell Library Catalog

All topics

All Source types but mostly published

Medium  Low

Scholarly & Popular

Print & Online

Historical & Current

JSTOR

Most topics

Fewer Titles included

Books, Book Chapters, Journal Articles

Medium High

Scholarly

Print & Online

Historical & Current

Google Scholar

All Topics

All Source Types including some unpublished

High

Mostly Scholarly

Mostly Online

Mostly Current

Google

All Topics

All Source Types including a lot of unpublished

Very High

Mostly Popular

Mostly Online

Mostly Current