I hear from our library folks that google scholar will any minute now, have its plug pulled for copyright violations :(
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:33:30 -0500 (EST) >From: David Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] bug in Google Scholar? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >Last week, I emailed this to the support staff at Google Scholar; I'm >still waiting for a response: > >----- > >I am deeply in love with Google Scholar, but I think I may have found >a bug. > >The use of the "or" operand actually seems to reduce the number of >hits relative to the use of individual terms. Two examples: > > neurotransmitter: 224,000 hits > neurotransmitters: 144,000 hits > neurotransmitter OR neurotransmitters: 177,000 hits > > serotonin: 488,000 hits > dopamine: 663,000 hits > serotonin OR dopamine: 508,000 hits > >When I do a regular Google search, the "or" operand seems to behave >more as I'd expect it to: > > neurotransmitter: 5,770,000 hits > neurotransmitters: 4,020,000 hits > neurotransmitter OR neurotransmitters: 6,120,000 hits > > serotonin: 8,880,000 hits > dopamine: 9,040,000 hits > serotonin OR dopamine: 15,800,000 hits > >If at all possible, can I hear back from you on this one? > >Thanks, >David Epstein > >--- >To make changes to your subscription go to: >http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
