[Web4lib] google & library catalogs

[Ross Singer]

This would sort of seem to defeat the purpose of Google, I think.

And it would probably be just as easy to get the user to your website
as to get them to install a bookmarklet or something and remember to
use it on Google.

-Ross.

On 4/12/06, Drew, Bill <drewwe at morrisville.edu> wrote:
> Couldn't this be coded in a javascript so the phrase is used but not
> displayed so one could create a Google search already bound to
> libraries?
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jim Cody
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:13 PM
> > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] google & library catalogs
> >
> > I already replied off-list to Chris but maybe other
> > people are not aware of this.
> >
> > If you search Google using the bound phrase "find in a
> > library" (in quotes) and a title or author, it will
> > bring the Open WorldCat results close to the top.
> > Then   if you click on one of those results you go
> > into Open WorldCat, where you can enter your zip code
> > and get a list of the closest libraries holding that
> > item.
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