Dramatic improvement to a top-tool

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by AJ Cann

A blog and manuscript in “Serials Review” discuss the versatility and coverage of Google Scholar. It’s now my first search point – fast access to the original manuscripts (Pubmed, in particular, note!), short excerpt, versatile ‘advanced search’ doing what is expected, useful citation count to judge importance. And now the coverage (including paper repositories) is excellent. (link)

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Alan Cann is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Leicester and Internet Consulting Editor for AoB.

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