| Title | Search Engine Overlaps: Do they agree or disagree? |
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| Author(s) | John Bailey and Cheng Zhang and David Budgen and Mark Turner and Stuart Charters |
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| Details | Conference Proceedings: 2007 |
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| Abstract | Context: Secondary studies, such as systematic literature reviews and mapping studies, are an essential element of the evidence-based paradigm. A critical part of the review process is the identification of all relevant research. As such, any researcher intending to conduct a secondary review should be aware of the strengths and weakness of the search engines available.Objectives: Analyse the overlap between search engine results for software engineering studies.Methods: Three independent studies were conducted to evaluate the overlap between multiple search engines for different search areas.Results: The findings indicate that very little overlap was found between the search engines.Conclusions of the study: To complete a systematic review, researchers must use multiple search terms and search engines. The lack of overlap might also be caused by inconsistent keyword selection amongst authors. |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/REBSE.2007.4 |
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| BibTex | View Citation |
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| Topics | Methodology, Secondary Study |
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