Comments on: Google Scholar http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/google_scholar/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:17:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/google_scholar/comment-page-1/#comment-27693 John Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:46:13 +0000 /?p=8122#comment-27693 I'm not sure this idea has a market, given its limitations. Most of the information seems to be behind proprietary databases. Subscribing to them--to the tune of several hundred dollars, each--is pretty much out of the question for most on the internet (think of the 3rd world surfers). The searches themselves seem better done through the proprietary interfaces that front the databases. Unless they can crack the cost question, I don't see where this is going. I'm not sure this idea has a market, given its limitations. Most of the information seems to be behind proprietary databases. Subscribing to them--to the tune of several hundred dollars, each--is pretty much out of the question for most on the internet (think of the 3rd world surfers). The searches themselves seem better done through the proprietary interfaces that front the databases.

Unless they can crack the cost question, I don't see where this is going.

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