[Web4lib] Which databases can Google Scholar crawl?

[Will Kurt]

I think you bring up some good points Roy.

The methodology proposed on the wiki is actually to search for the 
result from a particular domain, for example searching 
inurl:ieeexplore.ieee.org/ yields 900k results, so that leaves me 
fairly confident that the IEEE is pretty thoroughly indexed.  And 
there is actually more value in knowing what is not indexed, being 
able to tell users 'you definitely won't find information from X in 
GS' would be very useful.

The great thing about a wiki is that it's flexible enough to change 
dynamically to meet new requirements as they come up.

This is certainly far from the 'perfect' solution, but I think that 
there is a real need in libraries for people to understand the value 
of iterative problem solving.

Rather than meeting for months to formulate the 'perfect' solution 
which will never actually be implemented, solve what can be easily 
solved now, and then go back and look at how you can improve that 
based on your remaining needs. Gaining some immediate value in each step.

--Will

At 10:26 AM 2/20/2008, Roy Tennant wrote:
>Doing this kind of thing is all well and good, but in the end it will not be
>very reliable unless coverage can be verified beyond "I found an article
>that appears to come from X". Also, when items appear in Google Scholar can
>be an issue. If they are available in other indexes significantly sooner
>than in GS, that would be worth knowing as well.
>Roy
>
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>On 2/20/08 6:40 AM, "Kathryn Silberger" <Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu>
>wrote:
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> > Will:
> >
> >       Very cool!  Thanks so much for doing that.  I made a humble little
> > contribution this morning, and it seems like a fairly easy way of beginning
> > the list.  Right now we are going after the low hanging fruit.  In a few
> > weeks, creativity will be required to determine new entries.
> >
> >       Thanks for doing that.
> >
> > Katy
> >
> > Kathryn K. Silberger
> > Automation Resources Librarian
> > James A. Cannavino Library
> > Marist College
> > 3399 North Road
> > Poughkeepsie, NY  12601
> > Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu
> > (845) 575-3000 x.2419
> >
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> >
> >              Will Kurt
> >              <wkurt at bbn.com>
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> >              02/19/2008 05:10          Kathryn Silberger
> >              PM                        <Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu>,
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> >                                        Re: Fw: [Web4lib] Which databases
> >                                        can Google Scholar crawl?
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> > At 03:11 PM 2/19/2008, Will Kurt wrote:
> >> anyone else?
> > ... or that someone could be me :)
> > I've taken a few minutes and quickly setup a phpWiki and put it on a
> > site that I run outside of work:
> >
> > http://lib-bling.com/scholar/index.php?GoogleScholar
> >
> > I put in a few entries mainly as a demo, but please add and see if we
> > can get a good list going.  Knowing what is not indexed is equally as
> > important as knowing what is. If enough people contribute this could
> > be a really useful.
> > --Will
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