Google scholar as one stop shop? ::

Google scholar is a fascinating development, I've kept quiet about it till now despite other bibliobloggers mentioning it, mainly because of the reservation that for those with library access it might just represent another source to search, so not really saving time. Now though I read that Cheryl M. LaGuardia, head of instructional services for Harvard College libraries is way ahead:

“This is the one thing that concerns me most,” she said. “I think I’m inclined to let people know how they can work with library resources to get over this gap.”
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LaGuardia said she is looking towards a tool called CrossRef to blend the ease of Google with existing library systems. The utility is being developed by Google in conjunction with 29 major academic publishers.

“It will be the nexus between Google and scholarship,” she said.

(From The Harvard Crimson Online)

Now, that would sell me, one interface to search the Journals my library has prepaid, AND the wider world Google has indexed. I've seen the future, so someone please make it work for me!

BTW there is a good blog about Google Scholar, but it did not seem to mention this interfacing of Google with paid databases, which strikes me as the killer app for GS in a University setting. ¶ 7:05 AM [to Del.icio.us]

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