Differences between Google Scholar, WorldCat Discovery and Scopus

Google Scholar WorldCat Discovery - TU Delft Discovery Worldwide/The Scopus

Netherlands
Description Multidisciplinary information TU Delft search engine. With WorldCat Search TU Delft and beyond Multidisciplinary information resource.
resource. You can, in a simple way, Discovery you search the library’s With Scopus you search for articles from
search for: articles, theses, books, printed collection and its ever- more than 21,000 journal titles and
and other scientific documents increasing online collection. conference proceedings.
available online.
Search options Limited Limited Limited Extensive
Refine search Refine by period (in left-hand Through options in the left-hand Through options in the left-hand Through options in the left-hand column,
results column) column, such as topic, author, column, such as topic, author, such as publication year, author, subject
publication year, and format. publication year, and format. area, document type, keyword, and
country
Sort options By relevance or publication year By relevance or publication year By relevance or publication year By publication date, author, source title,
number of citations or relevance

Full-text Search results full-text available if: All search results full-text available Search results full-text available if: Search results full-text available if:
availability* - Published in a journal for which the (unless temporarily out on loan) - Published in a journal for which - Published in a journal for which the
Library has a subscription or the Library has a subscription or Library has a subscription or
- Freely available online (open - Published in an open access - Published in an open access journal
access) journal

Document types Mostly published journal articles or All books and e-books in the Library Most books and e-books worldwide, Mostly journal articles, conference papers
included preprints of articles, as well as collection, all documents from the TU as well as journal articles. and other documents published in selected
theses, books, and other scientific Delft Repository, and a selection of scientific journals and conference
documents available online journal articles. proceedings

Selection of By computer (secret algorithm) Manually by subject specialist Manually by subject specialist Manually by subject specialist
information of the Unclear which materials are or are
Transparency List of books and journals available on List of books and journals available Full list of included journals and other
selection not included the website; unclear which journal on the website; unclear which documents available on the website
articles are included journal articles are included

*If a book or journal article is not available, InterLibrary Loan (ILL) can be used to obtain it from another library in The Netherlands or abroad.