For those of you interested in the possible future of searching for the
evidence, Microsoft will release a specific "Academic Search" engine this
Tuesday. I had a chance to review it, and list its pros/cons here:
Critiquing Microsoft Live "Academic Search"
http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/archives/025089.html
For information professionals (and medical librarians), you might be
interested to read some thoughts about why Microsoft is reaching out to us:
Why Titans Like Microsoft Want to Talk to Librarians
http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/archives/025077.html
Dean Giustini
UBC Google scholar blog
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