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Review a Recent Presentation and then Do Some Searching with Scitopia.org

SciTopia is a new (beta) federated search tool with content coming from 15 scholarly organizations. We first posted about it in April.

This presentation (PDF) from IEEE’s Karen Hawkins offers a preview and background. The presentation was given earlier this month at the SLA Annual Conference. Scitopia’s slogan is:
Integrating Trusted Science + Technology Research.

Ready to give it a whirl? Head to Scitopia.org and run a few searches. Remember, it’s a beta release. Btw, the search technology comes from Deep Web Technologies. Their tech also powers Science.gov. Expect to read a full review about Scitopia in the next few weeks.

Source: IEEE

See Also: Deep Web Tech Also Has A Live Prototype of an Open Source Intelligence Federated Search Tool

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3 Responses to “Review a Recent Presentation and then Do Some Searching with Scitopia.org”

  1. ResourceShelf » Databases: Global Science Gateway Now Open Says:
    June 24th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    [...] See Also: Make sure to confuse this NEW resource with the Scitopia.org project that is currently available as a beta. [...]

  2. ResourceShelf » A Quick Review of a Few Free Science Search Tools on the Web (Scirus, Live Search Academic, Google Scholar, Scitopia, Global Science Gateway, and More Says:
    July 10th, 2007 at 12:57 am

    [...] +++ The Scitopia portal is now available for beta testing. 15 scholarly organizations are supporting it. The current beta test using ExplorIt federated search technology (simultaneous search of multiple databases). Also worth noting is this list of RSS feeds that provide table-of-contents info for the various publications/organizations involved with the project. [...]

  3. ResourceShelf » Scitopia a Beta No More and a Number of Open Web Science Search Resources Says:
    October 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 am

    [...] technology societies, removed its beta label today, marking the official launch of its service. The scitopia.org beta was opened in June, allowing users to test the site. During that time, libraries around the world - including the [...]