GOOGLE LAUNCHES SERVICE FOR ACADEMICS
Google this week launched a service directed at academics and
scientists looking for scholarly material. Google Scholar is the
product of cooperation between Google and a number of academic
publishers including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers and the Online Computer Library Center. The service provides
access to peer-reviewed papers, books, and technical reports, as well
as information about locating scholarly work that is available at
libraries but not online. Google's Anurag Acharya, who directed
development of the new service, noted that the company benefited from
and grew out of an academic environment and said that Google Scholar
"is one of the ways we can give back to the community." Acharya said
the service would give universal access to academic and scientific
literature from around the world. Initially the service will not
include text advertisements with search results, though company
officials said such ads will likely be added later.
New York Times, 18 November 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/technology/18google.html



Mr. James B. Greenberg
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