I'm sure that I've mentioned DeepDyve - Search for Research before, and I'm happy to have the opportunity to do so again. According to their website it is "the research engine for information-savvy consumers who want access to expert content on topics they care about. For the first time, researchers, students, technical professionals, business users, and other information consumers can access a wealth of untapped information that resides on the "Deep Web". The search box itself is quite interesting since it says 'Enter a sentence, or cut and paste a paragraph'.
They've made some changes recently, and specifically:
# We've simplified the user interface to make it easier, faster and more intuitive
# You can quickly refine or add filters to your query with an easy to use drop-down menu directly from the search bar
# By clicking on the "Details" button from any search result, you can now read an Abstract of every document as well as see the best matching portion of text from the document
# You can now Share your results to email, Digg, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and other channels
# And, we've removed the registration and login requirement and are now in "open" Beta
If you're into doing academic research, and/or want to find content that might otherwise be lost or not even indexed by Google, give DeepDyve a go!
They've made some changes recently, and specifically:
# We've simplified the user interface to make it easier, faster and more intuitive
# You can quickly refine or add filters to your query with an easy to use drop-down menu directly from the search bar
# By clicking on the "Details" button from any search result, you can now read an Abstract of every document as well as see the best matching portion of text from the document
# You can now Share your results to email, Digg, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and other channels
# And, we've removed the registration and login requirement and are now in "open" Beta
If you're into doing academic research, and/or want to find content that might otherwise be lost or not even indexed by Google, give DeepDyve a go!
Phil,
I want to take exception to the DeepDyve quote -- "For the first time .." in your blog post. I realize that this quote comes from the DeepDyve marketing folks.
As the founder of Deep Web Technologies I have been involved in providing access to the "deep web" before it was called the "deep web" and even before starting Deep Web Technologies in 2002.
The first site that I developed back in 1998, the Environmental Science Network (esn.osti.gov) is still in production and searches 50+ "deep web" sources through our Explorit Federated Search Engine.
Science.gov first went live in 2002 and searches most of the research output of the federal government (38 "deep web" sources).
Other publicly available sites we've developed that provide researchers with access to the best of the "deep web" include: worldwidescience.org, scitopia.org, biznar.com and mednar.com
I would welcome your review of some of these sites that I've listed in this comment.
Posted by: Abe Lederman | February 28, 2009 at 08:32 PM
I would second Abe Lederman's comments here about the DeepDyve quote -- "For the first time .." I like DeepDyve's technologies a lot and respect its leadership. But I concur in Abe's objections to DeepDyve's inaccurate presentation of the historical record when it comes to searching the Deep Web. I am sure that DeepDyve will alter the wording at some point to tone it down to a less grandiose, overreaching level.
Posted by: Hope Leman | March 01, 2009 at 02:56 PM