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 > > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2012, LIBLICENSE wrote: > > > From: Todd Grooten <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:34:26 -0400 > > > > I would be curious to know if anyone knows of a library that has opted > > to cancel databases in favor of Google Scholar. I work in a corporate > > library so I suspect our information needs may be handled/addressed in a > > different manner than academic libraries. > > > > Todd M. Grooten > > Cataloger, Infotrieve, Inc. > > [log in to unmask]