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Title: A Great Idea!!

Author: Quint, Barbara Article Type: Review
Source: Searcher: Magazine/Database Prof, v15 n7 p4(2) Publication Date: Jul 2007
  ISSN: 1070-4795
  Illustrations: Charts
URL of Publication: http://www.infotoday.com/searcher

The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) service, built on the Google Coop platform, is an excellent service that allows users to build and design custom searches. Users can brand a link to these custom searches on their websites and also add Google ads to generate revenue. Custom searches allow librarians and other experts to point visitors to the best resources at all hours and anywhere there is Internet access, and many librarians are experimenting with the service. CSE is an excellent compliment the LiveLinks service on Searcher's website, which offers readers a complete bibliography and list of links for the articles on the site. These links can be used to create or enhance a custom search. Popular columnists could also create CSEs for the topics about which they write. A network approach would further improve CSEs by creating an array of CSEs for a variety of user needs, which would be designed and arranged by information professionals. This would reduce gaps and duplications. The previous success of the Ohio College Library Center, which allowed librarians in the state to share information electronically, proves that this sort of network can be successfully created. The involvement of the ALA or another librarian association, or even Wikipedia, is also feasible.

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