Since both are trying updates it’s worth a moment to look at
Microsoft Academic Search and Google Scholar.
Microsoft
Academic Search (http://academic.research.microsoft.com/) is beta testing a new
search page. It makes it simple to check
how many times an article has been cited, chart how co-authors have
collaborated, and find which academic institutes have produced the most cited
publications. You can search for articles and books by domain, keyword,
authors, journals, as well as and the conferences and organizations involved in
producing them.
Google Scholar
(http://academic.research.microsoft.com/) is getting harder to find, you have
to click on more and then even more to even find it. Then Advanced Search can only be accessed if
you find an unlabeled down button. Google has recently added the ability to
search scholar metrics. You can browse
publications in broad categories or narrower subcategories find the most cited journals
and search them by key word.
These
new features are not likely to be much use to the average student researcher
just the long term professional. Worse
there is no way to limit your search for the articles that are free and
available in full text.
Still
they are free.
News Items
The Directory of Open Access Books (www.doabooks.org/doab)
was selected as the best new product of the year by the readers of the e-zine
The Charleston Advisor (www.charleston.com)
DOAB has reached 1255 Academic peer-reviewed books from 35
publishers. For more info check
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