Re: scholar.google vs Scirus

[John Sack <sack@stanford.edu>]

I looked at the comparison pointed to below at the Elsevier site, and it
seems to be a comparison of Scirus and the "standard" Google search, not
Google Scholar.  They are different, so the comparison would need to be
re-done, I'd think.

The comparison page even says "So you won't end up in a Tennessee
attraction park after entering 'Dolly'," which suggests it is using the
broad google search.  That is, I did a search for "dolly" on
scholar.google.com and didn't see anything particularly amusing, park or
otherwise...:) but the amusement park ("Dollywood.com") is #3 in general
google.

John Sack
Director, HighWire Press
Stanford University
sack@stanford.edu


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--On Friday, November 19, 2004 12:17 PM -0500 Anna Ercoli Schnitzer 
<schnitzr@umich.edu> wrote:

> Try this test comparing Google Scholar and Scirus:
> http://www.extranet.elsevier.com/listman/scirus/nov04/google%20online.htm
>
> Anna Ercoli Schnitzer
> schnitzr@umich.edu
>
> "Sloan, Bernie" wrote:
>
> > Here's an overview of "Google Scholar" from some librarians (Shirl
> > Kennedy and Gary Price):
> >
> > http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/11/wow-its-google-scholar.html
> >
> > Bernie Sloan