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Situation: You Need a Credible Reference to Quote, But Have No $ to Buy a Book
As a publisher, I have mixed feelings about Google Scholar (and/or Book search) - because it effectively cuts everyone involved in the production of the book out of the revenue generating side of things. Google makes money on ads and the people who spent years putting it together get promotion that may not be worth the $ they give up.However as a PM who sometimes needs a reference for a specific topic, its a great resource. I just did a quick search on "project management" in Google Research and of course found a number of reference books. I click on the first one, a well known book by Harold Kerzner. Although it doesnt give me all of the pages in the book, I get enough that I can quote from it in a presentation - without buying it. You might say, "yes but you can't read it cover to cover", but realistically who does that with a reference book?
Posted on: February 18, 2007 10:09 AM |
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