[Web4lib] Google Books a tease, not a useful tool, for serious research

Brian Walton bibphile at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 10:06:42 EDT 2007


> Yes, it's in beta.  Yes, it's free.  I'm trying to grok if it's as reliable
> and useful as a professional tool such as Dialog.

Heh.  If only.  As soon as Google gets as good as Dialog, I can start
spending our electronic reference money on other things.

-- 
Brian
   -"Any tool is a weapon when you hold it right."
          This has been brought to you by the Society of Vaguely
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