All entries for Thursday 22 February 2007

Google Scholar has serious failings

Writing about web page http://www.uksg.org/presentations8/jacso2.ppt%232

The presentation that I’m linking to was delivered at last year’s UK Serials Group conference here at Warwick. I didn’t attend as I was seconded to the Careers Service at the time, but I have heard about it from a colleague who did attend. I’ve tried a couple of the examples out on Google Scholar today and there are still inconsistencies. However, it is in Beta, so Google have a good excuse for the performance of Google Scholar.

The performance itself is not a concern. It is the emerging acceptance and reliance upon it by the academic community that is a concern, given the lack of rigorousness or openness about how Google Scholar works.

Jenny Delasalle : 22 Feb 2007 10:39 |  Tags: Google Google Scholar |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem