News and Information
09/25/2009
MSU database includes GCM search feature
Michigan State University’s Turfgrass Information File, a searchable database presented in partnership with the Turfgrass Information Center, has a “dig deeper” search option for its archive of Golf Course Management magazine. According to MSU, in some cases it will be possible to identify material previously “invisible'” to the search engine, and in almost all cases, it will substantially increase the volume of material retrieved.
The option is available as a check box within the search interface of the archive, which includes all GCM issues from 1933 to the present. It allows users to search the full text of all GCM articles indexed within TGIF (approaching 11,000) at the word level, using the OCR text (uncorrected) from the scanned pdfs.
In addition, the entire Turfgrass Information File is now open to GCSAA assistant superintendents (Class C), who join GCSAA Class A and SM members with full, free access to more than 320 journals and magazines, along with research reports, conference proceedings, extension bulletins, books and book chapters, theses and dissertations, scanned golf course plans, photos and much more.
