As Far As I Can Tell

Google Scholar and CMU

I just noticed that when using Google Scholar from the campus network certain entries have an extra link next to the title that says “Carnegie Mellon Fulltext”. Clicking it takes you an internal CMU library page where you can read the entire article. Since it’s doubtful that they’re rewriting the results on the fly I’m guessing that they’ve partnered with Google to detect the network source and include the link.

There are other digital libraries, like the entire ACM, that detect my campus connection and let me in. But that’s a basic authentication system: check IP range and allow access. This is entirely different, serving up a specially rewritten page with links to an inside network. The scholar features are a distinct service from Google University, which offers a Carnegie Mellon option. I wonder how data is obtained. Is it queried in real time or does somebody at the library provide them with an update file periodically? I’ll have to ask around.

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# September 15, 2005 10:39 PM


 

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I noticed something similar here at WMU this year. First, when I am at school the Scholar link appears on the google homepage— where at home I have to go to more and then to Scholar. Second, under the description where it offers links to where the article is cited and web search, there is also a ‘FindIt@WMU’ link. This takes you to Western’s server and uses SFX [http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/sfx.htm] to search within the library’s system… linking to full text if available, and an option to make an interlibrary loan. It looks like all Google University does is add the ‘site:wmich.edu’ option to my searches. It just looks like a list of schools’ domains to search within.

Posted by: chall on September 21, 2005 1:57 PM

Interesting. Maybe it’s a deal made through the Ex Libris Group since that’s what CMU uses for full text searching as well. It would make sense that it’s mediated through a third party like that rather than directly with each school. I also noticed that the scholar link is on the homepage from the campus network. Very tricky.

Posted by: Simon on September 21, 2005 6:03 PM

As far as who can tell?


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