Jonathan Rochkind has a really good article in Library Journal on the current state of Federated (Meta) searching, with Google Scholar as the catalyst. In it, he explains why Google Scholar seems more attractive than library solutions – they index information locally instead of searching it live each time. Good examples of a couple of big Canadian initiatives – Scholar’s Portal and the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library.
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