academic search tools

This is an incomplete listing of a few academic search tools.


See also:
- my paper w/ [Jake Goldenfein](https://twitter.com/jakusg) ([Google Scholar – Platforming the scholarly economy (goldenfein2022platforming)](/shortcuts/goldenfein2022platforming))
- my [scholar profiles (page)](/scholar_profiles).

Internet Archive Scholar - scholar.archive.org

Note:

This is a new service. Metadata is being improved and features have not been finalized.

Example query: Internet Archive Scholar [ "Daniel Griffin" "Deirdre Mulligan" ]

Last checked: 2023-08-02
Open Alex - alpha.openalex.org

Note:

Alpha version: buggy, incomplete, and changing daily.

Example query: Open Alex [ (**manual filter:** Author name:Richmond Y. Wong) ]

Last checked: 2023-08-02
Elicit - elicit.org

See my initial notes:

\@danielsgriffin via Twitter on Apr 21, 2022

I recently learned of Elicit: "a GPT-3 powered research assistant. Elicit helps you classify datasets, brainstorm research questions, and search through publications."[1]

initial question: how does this change "the configuration of values"[2] in scholarly search and discovery?

Example query: Elicit [ what is search automation bias ]

Last checked: 2023-08-02
Consensus - consensus.app

See my engagement here:

\@danielsgriffin via Twitter on Jan 17, 2023

Speculative classroom exercises: A recent marketing email from http://Consensus.app demonstrated a use case by asking: do gas stoves cause asthma?[1] Exercise 1a: Write a brief comment on how the activities of science and policy making are presented in the email.

Example query: Consensus [ what is search automation bias ]

Last checked: 2023-08-02
Google Scholar

I do not use Google Scholar. I will not comment on it further here. See my discussion of [#refusal](shortcuts/goldenfein2022platforming#refusal) re my paper with Jake Goldenfein.