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academic search engines
AOL Video
ARL Institution
book
Category=GL
Category=JBCT
Category=NH
Category=UB
Category=UDB
Category=UMWS
Category=UY
digital library science
digitization
ECCO
engine
eq_bestseller
eq_computing
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
google
Google Apps
Google Book Library Project
Google Book Search Project
Google Scholar
Google Scholar Search Results
Google Tools
Google Web Search
Government Printing Office
Graduate Instruction Classes
GS Search
impact of search engines on librarianship
information retrieval systems
Journal Lists
Joyner Library
metadata discovery tools
million
MSN Search
National Library
Oca
OCLC Study
project
projects
Reference Desk Transaction
reference services innovation
Scanning Errors
scholar
Scholarly Communication Communities
scholarly communication trends
search
Subscription Databases
TCP.
video

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415483810
  • Weight: 370g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Dec 2008
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess the use of Google as a major information resource. Its subject matter deals with online megasearch engines and their influence on reference librarianship, the impact of Google on information seeking, librarianship and the development of book digitization projects in which Google Book Search plays its part.

This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and publishers.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.
About
William Miller, PHD, MLS, is Dean of University Libraries at Florida Atlantic University. He formerly served as Head of Reference at Michigan State University, and as Associate Dean of Libraries at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Presently, he teaches courses in English Literature and Library Science. Rita Pellen is the Associate Director of Libraries at Florida Atlantic University. Previously, she was Assistant Director of Public Services and Head of the Reference Department.