What is the research layer? - STM
What is the research layer? - STM
What is the research layer? - STM
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<strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>research</strong> <strong>layer</strong>?<br />
Body Level 1<br />
• Free material, unqualified databases<br />
• H<strong>is</strong>torical and current materials blended in repositories<br />
• Highly d<strong>is</strong>coverable<br />
• Prime example: Google books<br />
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Initially digitized complete holdings of 5 <strong>research</strong> libraries<br />
Today contains more than 10 million titles<br />
Non-copyright material goes in without question<br />
But <strong>is</strong> a resource like Google Books bad for <strong>research</strong>?