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Google Adds Magazines

Google today announced that it is adding magazines to Google Book Search. These magazines include publications like Popular Science and New York Magazine, but also more obscure publications like the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In the long run, Google expects to add search results from these magazines to its main Google.com search results.

There doesn't appear to be a simple way to get a list of scope and coverage. Our favourite Superpatron, Ed, has a neat way of trying but it's a little geeky.

Hmmmm. More stuff to make hit lists longer. Is this a good thing?

It's a good thing for libraries. Just think of the increased need for collection development and selection management and alignment.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).