Revista Latina de Comunicación Social # 071 – Pages 1.187 to 1.207 [Funded] [Research] | DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-2016-1141en | ISSN 1138-5820 | Year 2016
How to cite this article in bibliographies / References J Rúas-Araújo, F Campos-Freire, I Puentes-Rivera (2016): “Use and assessment of general-interest social networks and academic databases in Galician universities”. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 71, pp. 1.187 to 1.207. http://www.revistalatinacs.org/071/paper/1141/61-en.html DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-2016-1161en
Use and assessment of general-interest social networks and academic databases in Galician universities José Rúas-Araújo [CV] [
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-9644]
[ http://scholar.google.es/citations?user=DLiqzqkAAAAJ&hl=es] Full Professor at the School of Social and Communication Sciences. Universidad de Vigo / University of Vigo, Spain – joseRúas@uvigo.es Francisco Campos-Freire [CV] [ http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1831-1838] [ https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=feJKfd8AAAAJ&hl=es] Full Professor at the School of Communication Sciences. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela / University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain – francisco.campos@usc.es Iván Puentes-Rivera [CV] [ http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1982-0984] [ https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=6pZK8ecAAAAJ&hl=es] Pre-doctoral researcher at the School of Social and Communication Sciences. Universidad de Vigo / University of Vigo, Spain – ivanpuentes@uvigo.es
Abstract Introduction: This article examines the knowledge, use, assessment and impact of the social networks Facebook and Twitter and bibliographic databases among the Teaching and Research Staff (TRS) of three Galician universities. Methods: The study is based on a survey conducted among a sample of 463 respondents selected from a universe of 5,498 professors and researchers. The survey has a margin of error of 5% and a confidence level of 95%. Results: 50.2% of the TRS considers that Facebook and Twitter are suitable for teaching and research while the remaining 49.8% thinks otherwise. Scopus and Google Scholar are the most known and used databases, with percentages above 80% and 60%, respectively, while EBSCO and EMBASE are the least known. Discussion and conclusions: There is significant knowledge and use of academic databases, but the opinions regarding the suitability of Facebook and Twitter for teaching and research activities are very divided.
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