Comments on: google scholar and technorati tags http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/ Agent Of L.I.B.R.A.R.Y. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: tangognat http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2894 tangognat Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:25:04 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2894 This is why they come to my classes, I show them all about avoiding imprecise search strings!!!! This is why they come to my classes, I show them all about avoiding imprecise search strings!!!!

]]> By: lgf http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2893 lgf Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:49:55 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2893 And Google Scholar can still saturate the unwary searcher. A useful example: in regular Google, type in "liquid chromatography." Without quotes, 1.6 million hits. With quotes, 1.22 million hits. In Google Scholar, no-quotes is 350K hits, while with quotes it's a paltry 304K. Imprecise search strings will sink one in either index. And Google Scholar can still saturate the unwary searcher. A useful example: in regular Google, type in “liquid chromatography.” Without quotes, 1.6 million hits. With quotes, 1.22 million hits. In Google Scholar, no-quotes is 350K hits, while with quotes it’s a paltry 304K. Imprecise search strings will sink one in either index.

]]> By: tangognat http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2889 tangognat Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2889 I plan to spend less than 5 minutes on it, and point out that just because it says "scholar", it doesn't mean that everything in it is scholarly. One of my main reasons for spending time on it is to get the students to use our proxied link, if they choose to use it. We'll see how it goes -- I might end up changing my mind! The bulk of the class will be spent on regular article databases. I plan to spend less than 5 minutes on it, and point out that just because it says “scholar”, it doesn’t mean that everything in it is scholarly. One of my main reasons for spending time on it is to get the students to use our proxied link, if they choose to use it. We’ll see how it goes — I might end up changing my mind! The bulk of the class will be spent on regular article databases.

]]> By: Dave Carter http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2888 Dave Carter Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:03:03 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2888 In a class I did a couple of weeks ago (freshman engineers) only one student (out of 70) had heard of Google Scholar. GS is not something I'd want to promote too much. It's more insidious than normal Google, in that it only contains a subsection of the universe of scholarly literature, and it could be easy to get lulled into thinking that you're getting a complete picture. Plus, Google isn't terribly choosy as to what they let into Scholar (there's a good deal of fringe and questionable 'science' in there). Much better to steer the students towards an appropriate A&I offering. In a class I did a couple of weeks ago (freshman engineers) only one student (out of 70) had heard of Google Scholar.

GS is not something I’d want to promote too much. It’s more insidious than normal Google, in that it only contains a subsection of the universe of scholarly literature, and it could be easy to get lulled into thinking that you’re getting a complete picture. Plus, Google isn’t terribly choosy as to what they let into Scholar (there’s a good deal of fringe and questionable ’science’ in there). Much better to steer the students towards an appropriate A&I offering.

]]> By: tangognat http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2887 tangognat Tue, 08 Feb 2005 05:10:05 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2887 Yeah, I'd heard of the whole ACS suing Google thing. I thought it was amusing, yet sad. Yeah, I’d heard of the whole ACS suing Google thing. I thought it was amusing, yet sad.

]]> By: lgf http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/07/google-scholar-and-technorati-tags/#comment-2884 lgf Tue, 08 Feb 2005 04:41:04 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=570#comment-2884 The lawyers may jerk on Google Scholar's chain. The American Chemical Society, in an attempt to "protect our trademark, Scifinder Scholar from infringement," is suing Google to change the name. In fact, ACS is running scared that if Google Scholar is Good Enough for 95% of scholarly searching, Chem. Abstracts Service will strangle on its own inefficiency. I will spare you what I know of the strengths and weaknesses of Chem. Abstracts Service. Suffice to say they're changing glacially in an era of global warming. The lawyers may jerk on Google Scholar’s chain. The American Chemical Society, in an attempt to “protect our trademark, Scifinder Scholar from infringement,” is suing Google to change the name. In fact, ACS is running scared that if Google Scholar is Good Enough for 95% of scholarly searching, Chem. Abstracts Service will strangle on its own inefficiency. I will spare you what I know of the strengths and weaknesses of Chem. Abstracts Service. Suffice to say they’re changing glacially in an era of global warming.

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