New Research Tool for Academia
Microsoft announced Tuesday the beta release of a its
new Windows Live Academic Search, a research tool that
combines advanced search techniques with the resources of leading content
providers to help researchers, students, and faculty conduct literature searches
across a range of academic and scholarly publications. This first release will
feature computer science, electrical engineering, and physics content from the
ACM, IEEE, and selected publishers including Reed
Elsevier and Wiley & Sons.
The program is a collaborative effort of Microsoft, CrossRef
—a nonprofit dedicated to cross-publisher citation linking—and initially more
than a dozen key publishers and societies. An important goal of Windows Live
Academic Search is to provide an innovative interface for searching through
thousands of resources. A few notable search and display features include: a
“mouse-over” preview pane, citation support in two major bibliographic formats,
author hyperlinks, RSS for topical and author updates, direct links to online
published versions, and various sort functions.
The beta service is available at http://academic.live.com in English for
the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Australia. Additional markets and
content will be added throughout the beta period.
