E‐profile: Scirus1: For Scientific Information Only
Abstract
Purpose
To provide a summary of the main features of a science‐specific search engine.
Design/methodology/approach
A brief description of the features of Scirus.
Findings
Scirus is a comprehensive science‐specific search engine on the internet with more than 167 million science‐specific Web pages Scirus is a free search engine developed by Elsevier and is updated monthly. In addition to access to general and specialized full‐text journal, e‐print, report and abstract sources, Scirus also incorporates access to select company homepages, conference information, news pages, patent information, product information, scientists’ homepages, society homepages, and university web sites.
Originality/value
Offers information about a new science‐specific search engine.
Keywords
Citation
McKiernan, G. (2005), "E‐profile: Scirus1: For Scientific Information Only", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510601579
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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