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The Charleston Advisor / January 2011 www.charlestonco.com 39 date range to articles published between 2012 and 2025, for example, returns more than 1,700 articles, all with problematic dates of publi- cation. A casual review of these articles indicates that Google Scholar is creating bad dates from page numbers, volume and issue numbers, and other sets of numerical data. This is another example of how pro- gramming errors have compromised the overall quality of the data- base and hamper the ability of users to search for relevant content. conclusion At this time, Google Scholar still appears full of potential, particular- ly for researchers who are conducting broad, interdisciplinary search- es and who can benefit from a free online search tool. However, the tool still raises serious concerns for those who are familiar with more sophisticated and comprehensive search techniques due to significant search interface limitations and uncertainty regarding exactly what it indexes. Google Scholar remains, as its “beta” label indicates, a work in progress. contract provisions No contract required. Freely available at . authentication None required. Libraries that have implemented a link resolver can sign up for Google Scholar’s Library Links program, which includes a link to full text (when available) at the user’s home institution next to each item in the results list. Users must customize preferences to see the links. IP authentication is handled at the local level. Simi- larly, libraries that include their holdings in OCLC’s Open WorldCat can participate in Google Scholar’s Library Search option, which pro- vides links to local library holdings when possible. references Badke, William. “Google Scholar and the Researcher.” Online (Weston, Conn.) 33, no. 3 (2009): 47–49. Chen, Xiaotian. “Google Scholar’s Dramatic Coverage Improvement Five Years after Debut.” Serials Review 36, no. 4 (2010): 221–226. Howland, Jared L., Thomas C. Wright, Rebecca A. Boughan, and Bri- an C. Roberts. “How Scholarly Is Google Scholar? A Comparison to Library Databases.” College and Research Libraries 70, no. 3 (2009): 227–234. Jascó, Péter. “Google Scholar’s Ghost Authors.” Library Journal 134, no. 18 (2009): 26–27. ———. “Google Scholar Revisited.” Online Information Review 32, no. 1 (2008): 102–114. ———. “Metadata Mega Mess in Google Scholar.” Online Informa- tion Review 34, no. 1 (2010): 175–191. Mayr, Philipp, and Anne-Kathrin Walter. “An Exploratory Study of Google Scholar.” Online Information Review 31, no. 6 (2007): 814– 30. ———. “Studying Journal Coverage in Google Scholar.” Journal of Library Administration 47, no. 1 (2008): 81–99. Neuhaus, Chris, Ellen Neuhaus, Alan Asher, and Clint Wrede. “The Depth and Breadth of Google Scholar: An Empirical Study.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 6, no. 2 (2006): 127–141. Walters, William H. “Google Scholar Search Performance: Compara- tive Recall and Precision.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 9, no. 1 (2009): 5–24. Wilson, Virginia. “A Content Analysis of Google Scholar: Coverage Varies by Discipline and by Database.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2, no. 1 (2007): 134–136. Winder, Davey. “The Struggle for Scholarly Search.” Information World Review 244 (2008): 10–11. about the author Amy Hoseth is an Assistant Professor and Liaison Librarian at the Colorado State University Libraries in Fort Collins. She holds an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland at College Park and a B.A. in history from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Before join- ing the faculty at CSU she worked at the Association of Research Li- braries in Washington, D.C. as a communications coordinator for the LibQUAL+ assessment instrument. n View publication stats

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