Google Plans New Service for Scientists and Scholars | NYT | 11.18.04
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 - Google Inc. plans to announce on Thursday that it is adding a new search service aimed at scientists and academic researchers.
Google Scholar, which was scheduled to go online Wednesday evening at scholar.google.com, is a result of the company’s collaboration with a number of scientific and academic publishers and is intended as a first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports. …
“Google’s scientific search service is a significant step forward,” said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchWatchEngine, an online newsletter. He was quick to add, however, that Google was certain to have competition soon from Yahoo and others. …
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