[Web4lib] Which databases can Google Scholar crawl?

[Thomas Dowling]

> Kathryn Silberger <Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu> wrote:
>   
> Alan's question, "Has anyone ever seen, or attempted, a canonical list?" is
> a good one. This could be an activity of some ALA committee. It is
> certainly a crucial step in being able to evaluate GS as an information
> source. It is important that as a profession we don't become passive about
> allowing publishers and aggregators to take control of collection
> development decisions.


Google is not unaware that people have asked for this information. 
Having an ALA committee ask for it again is unlikely go anywhere. 
Google's concern about anyone's ability to objectively evaluate GS as a 
research tool has alway been approximately nil.


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Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu