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Google Launches Scholar Beta

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the google-this-google-that dept.

Jaidev writes "'Stand on the shoulders of giants' is what Google claims its new service allows you to do. Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web."

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  1. Dupe/old news by frazzydee · · Score: 5, Funny

    A typo seen in the first character?! CoyboyNeal, this must be a record!

    Oh, and maybe this was a dream, but wasn't Google Scholar launched a long time ago? Nope, wasn't a dream: this entry in the google blog (dated October 18th 2004) announces the launch of the beta version. Although scholar is still in beta, surely it shouldn't be referred to as google's "new" service. This story is also (needless to say) a Dupe.

    1. Re:Dupe/old news by jZnat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Give him a break. Haven't you noticed the recent /. fad is to announce every little thing Google does? If there hasn't been a story about what they're doing in at least 12 hours, a dupe is posted instead.

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    2. Re:Dupe/old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      maybe this was a dream

      You get that feeling too? The only reason I keep coming here is the consistent stream of dupes coupled with my poor memory constantly spins me out. It's like being stoned.

  2. homework solved! by intmainvoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have just cut to the chase and called it Google Homework.

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  3. #oldnews. by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank you for posting this informative information, next would you mind running a story on google maps, google news, and maybe google firefox toolbar?

    I can't believe these people are making more money than I am.

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  4. Neat. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Professors don't like it when I use multiple Wikipedia references...

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  5. Since we're digging up old Google stories... by Smitedogg · · Score: 3, Funny

    In related news, Google announced today that they're going to hold their IPO.

  6. great.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    2 months after i'm out of school

  7. Re:Research edge by Livn4Golf · · Score: 3, Funny

    This might be a page for you to check out:

    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=tin+foil+hat

  8. In other news... by rbarreira · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google beta launched! New search engine which promises to organized the world's information neatly. You can find it here.

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  9. Re:This is news? by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Americans win independence!
    Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 23, @12:53PM
    from the take-that-British dept.
    GWashington writes ";Finally, after too many battles to count, we have won our independence." What does this mean for our privacy? Will the new government be too invasive?

  10. Famous (and not so famous) quotes by The+Real+Nem · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
    - Isaac Newton

    "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders."
    - Hal Abelson

    "In computer science, we stand on each other's feet."
    - Brian Reid

  11. Hey dude, that's nothing... by mrRay720 · · Score: 3, Funny

    the REAL news is that Google have just released a search engine!

    Anyway, I'm off to try out the new beta of Windows 95...

  12. Google it.. by duniyadnd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google about Google Scholar to find out when it was released before posting it... remember.. Google Search came out only a week ago, and is still relatively new and can help you find information on the net.

  13. Re:This is news? by revery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your story also differs in that it might actually provoke an insteresting discussion...

  14. Re:Intriguing. by snarkh · · Score: 2, Funny
    One problem with standing on the shoulders of giants: You have to figure out how to climb them

    Simple -- run them into the ground first.