# New Google search - for research papers only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 27, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825 "2004-12-27T21:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825/1 "2004-12-27T21:27:36Z")

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This is what GQ dopers have been waiting for.

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> **[Google Designs an Engine for Eggheads](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-scholar27dec27.story)**\* L.A. Times 12-27-04\*  
> The Harvard University biology professor has used Google for years to locate sensors and other laboratory equipment. But it wasn’t very good at finding peer-reviewed research papers and other academic publications.
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> That changed with the recent release of Google Scholar. The specialized search engine uncovers papers better than [Google.com](http://Google.com), Branton said, and is simpler to use than the expensive databases in Harvard’s vaunted libraries.

\*\*[Google Scholar](http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?num=100&hl=en&lr=) \*\*

I think it’s great. It was great for helping me research optics questions that got zero hits on the regular Google.

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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825/2 "2004-12-27T21:34:15Z")

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Sweet.

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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825/3 "2004-12-27T21:43:24Z")

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While nosing around Google, I found out that you can access Google in the Klingon language, among others.

[Google Klingon](http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/)

You have GOT to be shittin’ me!! 😛

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-search-for-research-papers-only/281825/4 "2004-12-27T21:43:50Z")

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Very cool! I can see this engine coming in very handy during the next 3-4 years of grad school . . . 🙂 Thanks, **According to Pliny**!