From: Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:31 -0500

Exactly, the search interfaces and content available for a fee can
change or be discontinued completely.

-Wilhelmina Randtke


On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Xiaotian Chen <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:34:54 -0500
>
> Nothing will last forever and nothing is perfect.  Google and other
> free services certainly deserve the scrutiny.
>
> However, are we using the same scrutiny for subscription-based
> databases?  Besides, have we ever taken cost into consideration when
> we compare library databases with free services?
>
> ---
> Xiaotian Chen
> Electronic Services Librarian
> Bradley University
> Peoria, Illinois
> http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~chen/
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:29 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:40:52 -0400
> >
> > I certainly hope that academic libraries would not cancel databases to
> > rely on Google Scholar, despite its good qualities such as the cited
> > by feature.  Google in my view can not be relied upon for
> > sustainability.
> >
> > Consider these developments.
> >
> > Discountinued digitization of newspapers for the Google News Archive project.
> >
> > Hid Google News Archive in the date limitation feature of Google News
> > Advanced Search
> >
> > Eliminated Google Uncle Sam, now to get a Google search anything like
> > Uncle Sam one must limit to domain GOV in the advanced search of
> > Google web search.
> >
> > Advanced search in Google Scholar has reduced features and is now a
> > drop down menu in the search dialog box of Scholar that serves to
> > obscure what one is typing when one types longer search strings into
> > scholar.
> >
> > The unlabled icon that one can use to activate an institutions link
> > resolver in Google Scholar now only appears on the main page where one
> > types in the search and disappears after one gets search results.
> >
> > Multi-step searching does not exist in the Google world.
> >
> > In short Google du jour is a poor replacement for quality commercial
> > database search tools, despite the fact that I created a major
> > collection of content in my Meet the Googles scenario.
> >
> > *Meet the Googles
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/bwbps7j
> >
> > *Perhaps of related interest:
> >
> > Russell Conwell Educational Services Center Guide Series:
> >
> > Information Literacy and Friends
> >
> > http://guides.temple.edu/aecontent.php?pid=346514&sid=2834424
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > David Dillard
> > Temple University
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://workface.com/e/daviddillard