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In case you haven't seen an announcement about this Microsoft initiative,
see <
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-11WLAcademicSearchPR.mspx" eudora="autourl">
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-11WLAcademicSearchPR.mspx</a>
> The press release describes this undertaking as follows:
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<dd>"The new search service is designed to help students,
researchers and university faculty conduct research across a spectrum of
academic journals. The program is a cooperative effort between Windows
Live Search, industry association CrossRef and more than 10 leading
publishers. The initial beta release will target the subjects of computer
science, electrical engineering and physics, and the company is working
with multiple organizations to bring new subjects online in the near
future. Windows Live Academic Search will offer peer-reviewed content
from leading scholarly societies . . . . [and] will provide
English-language results in select global markets."
</dl>Connect to Windows Live Search at
<a href="http://academic.live.com/">http://academic.live.com</a>
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-Sue<br>
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Suzanne Lorimer<br>
Coordinator of Research Services<br>
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University<br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
(phone) 203-432-8371 (fax) 203-432-8527<br>
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