CiteSeerX, (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu), based in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is designed to enhance the dissemination of scientific literature by making papers and other documents easier to locate online. The library provides resources such as algorithms, data, metadata, services, techniques and software that are transferable other digital libraries — supplying users with more than just an index of search results. The newest version added the capability to search tables.
[The database] now holds [information about] more than 1 million journal articles and other scholarly works.
The search engine also includes a feature called MyCiteSeerX, a customizable personal space where the individual user can do tagging, make corrections, create his or her own collections and monitor paper updates.
Other tools currently being developed include Our CiteSeerX, an environment where collaborating teams can work and share information within the library, and a feature that will allow users to receive alerts about new papers of personal interest.
CiteSeer, is based on open-source technology and focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeerX also features citation indexing.
The original version of CiteSeer debuted online twelve years ago.
Source: Penn St. University
Hat Tip: P.W.
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