Hi All,
I'm planning to opt out as like Sarah we don't want to encourage the use of Google for finding academic information and we have just implemented Primo.
I have already registered the link resolver with Google scholar and that gives access to all the publishers not just Elsevier.
Kind regards,
Alison
Alison Shearer,
Collections Manager,
Library and Information Services Division,
Royal Veterinary College,
Hawkshead Lane,
North Mymms,
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Hi all,
Last week, I received an e-mail informing me that our ScienceDirect holdings will soon be searchable via Google unless I opt out. Part of thinks this is quite a helpful feature. However, the part of me that has spent over a decade telling people not to use Google to find academic information wants to say "not a chance" to Elsevier.
Does anyone else have any strong opinions on this? Has anyone opted out and if now, are you promoting this new feature?
Many thanks.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Sarah Taylor
Electronic Resources Librarian
The Peter Marsh Library
University of Bolton
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Bolton
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