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Google Conquers Academia
Nov. 18th, 2004 09:47 amThe beta of Google Scholar is now online.
I like their slogan: "Stand on the shoulders of giants." Robert K. Merton, master of otsoggery, would have approved.
The first thing to do with such a tool is to egogoogle. Unfortunately, my one genuine scholarly publication doesn't seem to be in there. (Nor, ironically, is IAF-92-0494, "Compiling Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Space on Computer Networks," online anywhere. I could put it up, but I doubt anyone would actually care.)
Haven't found my internal Fermilab publications, but I haven't looked very hard.
Before anyone asks, the Twinkie Experiment was a hoax scholarly publication, and did not appear in a real journal. Nevertheless, it appears to be the one piece of scientific work I will be best remembered for when I am dead.
I like their slogan: "Stand on the shoulders of giants." Robert K. Merton, master of otsoggery, would have approved.
The first thing to do with such a tool is to egogoogle. Unfortunately, my one genuine scholarly publication doesn't seem to be in there. (Nor, ironically, is IAF-92-0494, "Compiling Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Space on Computer Networks," online anywhere. I could put it up, but I doubt anyone would actually care.)
Haven't found my internal Fermilab publications, but I haven't looked very hard.
Before anyone asks, the Twinkie Experiment was a hoax scholarly publication, and did not appear in a real journal. Nevertheless, it appears to be the one piece of scientific work I will be best remembered for when I am dead.
