New academic search engine from Microsoft
Microsoft announced the beta launch of its new search engine, Windows Live Academic Search, Tuesday, April 11. The search service will initially target the subjects of computer science, electrical engineering and physics, but more subjects will be added over time.WLAS is a cooperative effort between Windows Live Search, industry association CrossRef and more than 10 leading publishers including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and leading publishers Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons Inc. Also involved are the Taylor & Francis Group, the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, Ex Libris Group, TDNet, Blackwell Publishing, Nature Publishing Group, the British Library and OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
Unlike Google Scholar , WLAS does provide information on what is being searched. Look for more content to be added over time. Since we currently subscribe to many of the publications/ databases indexed, the Library will investigate linking to it as a resource.
To read a more critical evaluation of WLAS, click here.
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