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