Comments on: Google Scholar Preferences http://disedlibrarian.edublogs.org/2007/10/01/google-scholar-preferences/ a collection of reviews of online tools and suggested uses for online research Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul R. Pival http://disedlibrarian.edublogs.org/2007/10/01/google-scholar-preferences/#comment-573 Paul R. Pival Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:04:06 +0000 http://disedlibrarian.edublogs.org/2007/10/01/google-scholar-preferences/#comment-573 Unfortunately it's not really linking into the databases, though it's not a bad federated search engine. As described on their library links page - http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/libraries.html: For libraries that make their resources available via a link resolver, we are now offering the option to include a link for their patrons to these resources as a part of the Google Scholar search results. How does it work? On-campus users at participating schools will see additional links in Google Scholar search results which facilitate access to their library's resources. These links lead to the library's servers which, in turn, direct them to the full-text of the article. Unfortunately it’s not really linking into the databases, though it’s not a bad federated search engine. As described on their library links page - http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/libraries.html:

For libraries that make their resources available via a link resolver, we are now offering the option to include a link for their patrons to these resources as a part of the Google Scholar search results.

How does it work?
On-campus users at participating schools will see additional links in Google Scholar search results which facilitate access to their library’s resources. These links lead to the library’s servers which, in turn, direct them to the full-text of the article.

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