Internet search leader Google launches new tool for scholarly<P> research<P>
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google Inc. is setting out to make better sense
of all the scholarly work stored on the web.
The Internet search leader's new service, unveiled late Wednesday at
http://scholar.google.com, draws upon newly developed algorithms to list the
academic research that appears to be most relevant to a search request.
Google doesn't plan to charge for the service nor use the feature to deliver
text-based ads — the primary source of its profits.
"Google has benefited a lot from scholarly research, so this is one way we
are giving back to the scholarly community," said Anurag Acharya, a Google
engineer who helped develop the new search tools.
Although Google already had been indexing the reams of academic research
online, the company hadn't been able to separate the scholarly content from
commercial websites.
By focusing on the citations contained in academic papers, Google also
engineered its new system to provide a list of potentially helpful material
available at libraries and other offline sources.
The scholarly search effort continues Google's effort to probe even deeper
into content available online and offline. Last month, Google expanded a
program that invites publishers to scan their books into the search engine's
index, enabling people to peek at the contents online before deciding
whether to buy a copy.

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