Comments on: Google Scholar API http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/google-scholar-api/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/google-scholar-api/comment-page-1/#comment-89750 Doug Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:36 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/google-scholar-api/#comment-89750 Without wishing to be negative I don't really find Google Scholar is that useful at all. In terms of navigating the literature I pretty much exclusively use the journal's own websites that link citations (forwards and backwards). It works really well these days. GS is sometimes useful when you're searching for research that you're not even sure exists. So if an api could help in that direction that would be nice. Without wishing to be negative I don’t really find Google Scholar is that useful at all. In terms of navigating the literature I pretty much exclusively use the journal’s own websites that link citations (forwards and backwards). It works really well these days.

GS is sometimes useful when you’re searching for research that you’re not even sure exists. So if an api could help in that direction that would be nice.

]]> By: Tom Pasley http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/google-scholar-api/comment-page-1/#comment-89687 Tom Pasley Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:54:32 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/google-scholar-api/#comment-89687 If you're interested in an API, then check out Rod Page's work for a hack, (particularly if you don't mind using PHP!): http://code.google.com/p/bioguid/source/browse/trunk/www/scholar_ris.php?spec=svn112&r=112 If you’re interested in an API, then check out Rod Page’s work for a hack, (particularly if you don’t mind using PHP!): http://code.google.com/p/bioguid/source/browse/trunk/www/scholar_ris.php?spec=svn112&r=112

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