From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:47:23 +0400

Hi All:  Good question. The consensus seems to be that these other
services are still better than Google Scholar, but are they THAT much
better that justifies their cost? Do they deliver 'bang for buck'?

Regards

Ken

On Sep 23, 2012 11:58 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?
>
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> Xiaotian Chen
> Electronic Services Librarian
> Bradley University
> Peoria, Illinois
> http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~chen/