Dancing on Heaven's Door Research Paper, Page 7

Using Google Scholar

As you probably already know, there is a lot of questionable information on the Internet. Google has been trying to help researchers by creating a search engine called Google Scholar, which concentrates on articles in reputable periodicals. You can access this resource by clicking on the blue mortarboard hat on your Google toolbar. I entered “witchcraft Africa" in the search box and found an article by S.F. Nadel about “Witchcraft in Four African Societies: An Essay in Comparison.” It looks good, but I cannot access it directly through Google Scholar, since it is on AnthroSource. So, I fill out a data collection sheet and go to the King Library's electronic database to download the information.

Notice that before many entries in Google Scholar, it says [book] or [citation]. It may also say "books.google.com" at the end of a second line in an entry. I found an book called “Witchcraft and Sorcery” by John Middleton and E.H. Winter and clicked on it. It took me to Google books where I could read a few pages of the book. It is fascinating, so I click on “About this book,” and it takes me to a page that shows me a table of contents which reveals it to be a whole collection of articles on witchcraft by distinguished anthropologists. I can even read a few quotes from the book. Google Scholar even tells me where I can buy this book. Since it costs $220, I decide to see if the King Library has it. It turns out that we have it on the 6th floor, and the library catalog even gives me the call number!

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