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#googlescholar #ai #airesearch #aimodels

Kirsten the Librarian: The Big List of Google Scholar Alternatives (and the Big Librarian Existential Crisis). “I started writing this in summer of last year, intending it to be a nice little list of tools that would be handy if Google Scholar disappeared or got substantially worse, as a follow up to my LSE Impact blog post.[1] The more I wrote the more I realised that I needed to caveat all my […]

Kirsten the Librarian: The Big List of Google Scholar Alternatives (and the Big Librarian Existential Crisis). “I started writing this in summer of last year, intending it to be a nice little list of tools that would be handy if Google Scholar disappeared or got substantially worse, as a follow up to my LSE Impact blog post.[1] The more I wrote the more I realised that I needed to caveat all my […]

#ScholarLabs update: Search 10x faster, 3x deeper | Blog #googlescholar
Évolution d'un outil de recherche de références bibliographiques vers un système d'analyse des contenus
A qoi bon investir du temps humain dans la sélection des textes quand l'algorithme fait le travail
https://scholar.googleblog.com/2026/06/scholar-labs-update-search-10x-faster.html?m=1

#ScholarLabs update: Search 10x faster, 3x deeper | Blog #googlescholar
Évolution d'un outil de recherche de références bibliographiques vers un système d'analyse des contenus
A qoi bon investir du temps humain dans la sélection des textes quand l'algorithme fait le travail
https://scholar.googleblog.com/2026/06/scholar-labs-update-search-10x-faster.html?m=1

google scholar labs : Scholar Labs update: Search 10x faster, 3x deeper

https://scholar.googleblog.com/2026/06/scholar-labs-update-search-10x-faster.html

#google #scholar #googlescholar #academia

google scholar labs : Scholar Labs update: Search 10x faster, 3x deeper

https://scholar.googleblog.com/2026/06/scholar-labs-update-search-10x-faster.html

#google #scholar #googlescholar #academia

How to add Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar search directly in your browser, to search those sites with fewer steps, and less chance of being distracted.

One of my hobbies is contributing to Wikipedia, and more so, creating new Wikipedia articles. Citations of reliable sources are key to both good contributions, and new articles, especially in making them stick (not get reverted/deleted).

I use Google News to search for citations, and depending on the topic, sometimes Google Books and Google Scholar.

Unfortunately, to search Google News, you have to first go to Google News (news.google .com - deliberately unlinked here), upon which you are immediately shown distracting (if not dire) news photos, headlines etc. which present a non-trivial challenge to staying focused.

If only there was a way to directly search Google News from your browser search box / address bar (like you can search Wikipedia from your browser).

Unfortunately, there is no site-specific search option for Google News (like there is for YouTube, e.g. see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines) that you can select an add to your browser in one click (enabled by OpenSearch support, link in footer).

This is another technology I use for category 2 (defending focus) that I mentioned in my previous post on focus.

Steps to add a Google News search option to Firefox:

1. open Firefox Preferences ("Firefox" menu, "Preferences" item)
2. select "🔍 Search" from the left column
3. scroll down to "Search Shortcuts"
4. click the "Add" button under the list of search engines which opens a dialog
5. enter "Google News" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://news.google.com/search?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gn" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

The dialog should look like this:


8. click (Add Engine)

Now you can go to your address bar, type in "gn " (without the quotes), your news search term or phrase, e.g. "Broken Arrow Skyrace", and press return to directly see search results.

Similarly for Google Books, follow the same steps except:
5. enter "Google Books" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://books.google.com/books?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gb" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

And similarly for Google Scholar:
5. enter "Google Scholar" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gs" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

Thanks to folks in the #indieweb informal chat who reminded me (when I complained about the distracting Google News home page) of this way to add new site-specific search capabilities to the browser even for sites (or subsites) without explicit OpenSearch support.

Looking forward to using these capabilities to more quickly find citations for updating and creating new Wikipedia articles.

Previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/158/t2/three-insights-improving-focus
* https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox

OpenSearch FYI:
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/Guides/OpenSearch

#focus #Wikipedia #Firefox #GoogleNews #GoogleBooks #GoogleScholar #search #siteSearch #AddSearchEngine #searchEngine #searchEngines #OpenSearch #webSearch #SearchShortcuts #browserTip #FirefoxTip #searchTip

How to add Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar search directly in your browser, to search those sites with fewer steps, and less chance of being distracted.

One of my hobbies is contributing to Wikipedia, and more so, creating new Wikipedia articles. Citations of reliable sources are key to both good contributions, and new articles, especially in making them stick (not get reverted/deleted).

I use Google News to search for citations, and depending on the topic, sometimes Google Books and Google Scholar.

Unfortunately, to search Google News, you have to first go to Google News (news.google .com - deliberately unlinked here), upon which you are immediately shown distracting (if not dire) news photos, headlines etc. which present a non-trivial challenge to staying focused.

If only there was a way to directly search Google News from your browser search box / address bar (like you can search Wikipedia from your browser).

Unfortunately, there is no site-specific search option for Google News (like there is for YouTube, e.g. see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines) that you can select an add to your browser in one click (enabled by OpenSearch support, link in footer).

This is another technology I use for category 2 (defending focus) that I mentioned in my previous post on focus.

Steps to add a Google News search option to Firefox:

1. open Firefox Preferences ("Firefox" menu, "Preferences" item)
2. select "🔍 Search" from the left column
3. scroll down to "Search Shortcuts"
4. click the "Add" button under the list of search engines which opens a dialog
5. enter "Google News" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://news.google.com/search?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gn" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

The dialog should look like this:


8. click (Add Engine)

Now you can go to your address bar, type in "gn " (without the quotes), your news search term or phrase, e.g. "Broken Arrow Skyrace", and press return to directly see search results.

Similarly for Google Books, follow the same steps except:
5. enter "Google Books" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://books.google.com/books?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gb" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

And similarly for Google Scholar:
5. enter "Google Scholar" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gs" into the Keyword field (without quotes)

Thanks to folks in the #indieweb informal chat who reminded me (when I complained about the distracting Google News home page) of this way to add new site-specific search capabilities to the browser even for sites (or subsites) without explicit OpenSearch support.

Looking forward to using these capabilities to more quickly find citations for updating and creating new Wikipedia articles.

Previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/158/t2/three-insights-improving-focus
* https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox

OpenSearch FYI:
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/Guides/OpenSearch

#focus #Wikipedia #Firefox #GoogleNews #GoogleBooks #GoogleScholar #search #siteSearch #AddSearchEngine #searchEngine #searchEngines #OpenSearch #webSearch #SearchShortcuts #browserTip #FirefoxTip #searchTip

Disparition des catalogues de #bibliotheque
https://actualitte.com/article/131600/humeurs/les-catalogues-de-bibliotheque-ont-ils-deja-perdu-face-a-l-ia
Les étudiants ne disent plus que le #catalogue est ringard parce qu’ils ne l’utilisent plus. Ils vont sur #ChatGPT #Perplexity #GoogleScholar et ils obtiennent une réponse pas une liste de notices bibliographiques Ce n’est pas de la paresse intellectuelle C un choix rationnel face à deux interfaces dont l’une parle leur langue et l’autre non.
Si l’#IA générative n’a pas créé ce décrochage, elle l’a probablement rendu définitif.

Disparition des catalogues de #bibliotheque
https://actualitte.com/article/131600/humeurs/les-catalogues-de-bibliotheque-ont-ils-deja-perdu-face-a-l-ia
Les étudiants ne disent plus que le #catalogue est ringard parce qu’ils ne l’utilisent plus. Ils vont sur #ChatGPT #Perplexity #GoogleScholar et ils obtiennent une réponse pas une liste de notices bibliographiques Ce n’est pas de la paresse intellectuelle C un choix rationnel face à deux interfaces dont l’une parle leur langue et l’autre non.
Si l’#IA générative n’a pas créé ce décrochage, elle l’a probablement rendu définitif.

So Google Scholar now bars you from accessing search term results or papers from your Scholar alerts if youre on a VPN server. In every browser, with or without blocked trackers etc. I have to use a Brave Tor window to access Google Scholar. I am not turning off the VPN just to please Google.

Extractive tech practices are now at epidemic level.

#academia #academicchatter #google #googlescholar #vpn #tor

So Google Scholar now bars you from accessing search term results or papers from your Scholar alerts if youre on a VPN server. In every browser, with or without blocked trackers etc. I have to use a Brave Tor window to access Google Scholar. I am not turning off the VPN just to please Google.

Extractive tech practices are now at epidemic level.

#academia #academicchatter #google #googlescholar #vpn #tor

@cxli For context: the #acmdl frictions make systematic reviews painful. It feels borderline unusable as a research tool and is incomplete.

#googlescholar is more complete, but the accuracy of the metadata drops off. I've found that historic searches (e.g., <1950) are mostly incorrectly dated.

I was curious whether this is corroborated by research and came across: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7079055/
...

@cxli For context: the #acmdl frictions make systematic reviews painful. It feels borderline unusable as a research tool and is incomplete.

#googlescholar is more complete, but the accuracy of the metadata drops off. I've found that historic searches (e.g., <1950) are mostly incorrectly dated.

I was curious whether this is corroborated by research and came across: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7079055/
...

"A new environment for license negotiations: 40% of recent articles in the top publishers' subscription/hybrid journals are freely available online" @ The Journal of Academic Librarianship:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103241
#OpenAccess #GoogleScholar #Licensing #Negotiation #OpenAlex #Unpaywall

"A new environment for license negotiations: 40% of recent articles in the top publishers' subscription/hybrid journals are freely available online" @ The Journal of Academic Librarianship:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103241
#OpenAccess #GoogleScholar #Licensing #Negotiation #OpenAlex #Unpaywall

So, there we go... #GoogleScholar has started blocking my beloved #ProtonVPN 😡

To be honest, I did need one more reason to stop using even this Google service. I am sorry that it came this far... 🤯

#google #science #literature #vpn #proton #degoogle

So, there go... #GoogleScholar has started blocking my beloved #ProtonVPN 😡

To be honest, I did need one more reason to stop using even this Google service. I am sorry that it came this far... 🤯

#google #science #literature #vpn #proton #degoogle

2/ #KI kann für so viele Zwecke eingesetzt werden. Die ist so extrem hilfreich und kann viele Abläufe vereinfachen.

Ich wünsche mir ein KI-Tool, dass mir automatisch Ampeln, Fußgängerüberwege, Hydranten und Hydrantinnen und Fahrräder auf Bildern von #googlescholar anzeigt.

2/ #KI kann für so viele Zwecke eingesetzt werden. Die ist so extrem hilfreich und kann viele Abläufe vereinfachen.

Ich wünsche mir ein KI-Tool, dass mir automatisch Ampeln, Fußgängerüberwege, Hydranten und Hydrantinnen und Fahrräder auf Bildern von #googlescholar anzeigt.

Das nervt so! Jetzt will #googlescholar auch noch Fahrräder oder Ampeln markiert kriegen.

Erst haben die SPAMer Email kaputt gemacht, jetzt machen die KI-Fuzzis den Rest vom Internet unzugänglich.

Ich muss jetzt vielleicht zehnmal am Tag beweisen, dass ich ein Mensch bin. Und nein, ich mache keine Cookies für Google an.

#googleisevil außer Google Scholar natürlich. =:-)

Das nervt so! Jetzt will #googlescholar auch noch Fahrräder oder Ampeln markiert kriegen.

Erst haben die SPAMer Email kaputt gemacht, jetzt machen die KI-Fuzzis den Rest vom Internet unzugänglich.

Ich muss jetzt vielleicht zehnmal am Tag beweisen, dass ich ein Mensch bin. Und nein, ich mache keine Cookies für Google an.

#googleisevil außer Google Scholar natürlich. =:-)

Browser-Addon "Google Scholar OA Status" by Lukas Wallrich
https://github.com/LukasWallrich/gs_oa_status
"A Chrome extension [also working in Edge] that displays open access (OA) status badges on Google Scholar search results, helping researchers quickly identify articles that are legally available to everyone (e.g. for inclusion in reading lists, or use as examples in research software)."
#GoogleScholar #OpenAccess #tools
[via @aufdroeseler via https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukas-wallrich_forrt-openaccess-researchtools-activity-7422977894047612928-QZRC/]

Browser-Addon "Google Scholar OA Status" by Lukas Wallrich
https://github.com/LukasWallrich/gs_oa_status
"A Chrome extension [also working in Edge] that displays open access (OA) status badges on Google Scholar search results, helping researchers quickly identify articles that are legally available to everyone (e.g. for inclusion in reading lists, or use as examples in research software)."
#GoogleScholar #OpenAccess #tools
[via @aufdroeseler via https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lukas-wallrich_forrt-openaccess-researchtools-activity-7422977894047612928-QZRC/]

Masih bingung cara daftar akun Google Scholar & bisa langsung verifikasi?
Gunakan email kampus, isi afiliasi dengan benar, dan aktifkan profil publik.
https://www.khairpedia.com/2026/02/cara-verifikasi-akun-google-scholar.html
Satu akun, banyak manfaat. 🚀

#GoogleScholar #GoogleCendekia #Mahasiswa #KhairPedia

@hfalcke I’m glad we/you keep paying Google (Scholar) with our data for this “service”…

#GoogleScholar

@hfalcke I’m glad we/you keep paying Google (Scholar) with our data for this “service”…

#GoogleScholar

Som forsker irriterer det mig, at jeg hele tiden sidder og laver søgninger i Google Scholar. Uden i øvrigt at være fanatisk ville jeg gerne have et brugbart alternativ. Forslag?

#DanmarkSkifter #Google #GoogleScholar

Som forsker irriterer det mig, at jeg hele tiden sidder og laver søgninger i Google Scholar. Uden i øvrigt at være fanatisk ville jeg gerne have et brugbart alternativ. Forslag?

#DanmarkSkifter #Google #GoogleScholar

What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”? – Substack- Aaron Tay

What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”?

When we say “AI-powered search engine,” we’re conflating at least four different things—and your concerns about one may not apply to another.

By Aaron Tay, Dec 27, 2025

I’ve been watching the reactions to Google Scholar Labs with considerable interest. The responses range from enthusiastic embrace to outright rejection. One response particularly intrigued me—someone mentioned they were initially reluctant to try because they’d heard it was “AI-powered” but became more interested when they read my review and realized what that actually meant (they expected it to generate answers to questions when all it did was do better ranking).

Another interesting puzzle was when I noticed some library guides listing Semantic Scholar as “Semantic/Neural Search” when a technical look at their main retrieval method reveals the main search is still largely lexical search.

While one can understand and agree with the listing of Semantic Scholar as “AI powered” due to clear AI features like TLDR, doing the same for Lens.org and OpenAlex is a much harder sell, because they not only just do keyword search but they lack the obvious AI features of Semantic Scholar.

It’s made me realise we might all be talking past each other because we haven’t actually defined what we mean.

“AI-powered search engine” is a handy catch-all term used by vendors, but it actually hides a diverse set of systems and functionality. In this post, I’ll dissect the different ways academic search can be “AI-powered” so you can decide which types actually cross the line for you.

I am going to argue that we often mean at least 4 different things when we call something “AI-powered search”

• Level 1: Post-Retrieval AI Features
• Level 2: Going beyond Lexical Search with Semantic Search
• Level 3: LLMs for Retrieval and/or Relevance Ranking
• Level 4: Synthesis and Generation Across Papers
• Level 0??: Use of AI to extract, cluster, or organise metadata used for retrieval

Levels here may not be the right framing, as the four different categories are largely orthogonal (except maybe Level 3 is a subset of level 2), but they map to most common academic search products (e.g. Level 4 is usually Deep Research) and higher levels generally reflect higher risk and greater amount of pushback from librarians.

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The Spectrum of AI in Search

Level 1: Post-Retrieval AI Features

Does “AI-powered search engine” mean “AI” that impacts the search process only? Not necessarily. There’s a whole category of AI features that don’t affect the search results you get at all. Things like optional summarisation of individual items (e.g., AI Insights on Ebscohost databases), translation tools, or text-to-speech features.

These are post-retrieval conveniences. You search, you get your results list (however that list was generated), and then you have the option to use AI to help you process what you found. The search itself? Unchanged.

In theory, if you don’t like these features, you can ignore them.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”?

What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”? – Substack- Aaron Tay

What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”?

When we say “AI-powered search engine,” we’re conflating at least four different things—and your concerns about one may not apply to another.

By Aaron Tay, Dec 27, 2025

I’ve been watching the reactions to Google Scholar Labs with considerable interest. The responses range from enthusiastic embrace to outright rejection. One response particularly intrigued me—someone mentioned they were initially reluctant to try because they’d heard it was “AI-powered” but became more interested when they read my review and realized what that actually meant (they expected it to generate answers to questions when all it did was do better ranking).

Another interesting puzzle was when I noticed some library guides listing Semantic Scholar as “Semantic/Neural Search” when a technical look at their main retrieval method reveals the main search is still largely lexical search.

While one can understand and agree with the listing of Semantic Scholar as “AI powered” due to clear AI features like TLDR, doing the same for Lens.org and OpenAlex is a much harder sell, because they not only just do keyword search but they lack the obvious AI features of Semantic Scholar.

It’s made me realise we might all be talking past each other because we haven’t actually defined what we mean.

“AI-powered search engine” is a handy catch-all term used by vendors, but it actually hides a diverse set of systems and functionality. In this post, I’ll dissect the different ways academic search can be “AI-powered” so you can decide which types actually cross the line for you.

I am going to argue that we often mean at least 4 different things when we call something “AI-powered search”

• Level 1: Post-Retrieval AI Features
• Level 2: Going beyond Lexical Search with Semantic Search
• Level 3: LLMs for Retrieval and/or Relevance Ranking
• Level 4: Synthesis and Generation Across Papers
• Level 0??: Use of AI to extract, cluster, or organise metadata used for retrieval

Levels here may not be the right framing, as the four different categories are largely orthogonal (except maybe Level 3 is a subset of level 2), but they map to most common academic search products (e.g. Level 4 is usually Deep Research) and higher levels generally reflect higher risk and greater amount of pushback from librarians.

Thanks for reading Aaron Tay’s Musings about Librarianship! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

The Spectrum of AI in Search

Level 1: Post-Retrieval AI Features

Does “AI-powered search engine” mean “AI” that impacts the search process only? Not necessarily. There’s a whole category of AI features that don’t affect the search results you get at all. Things like optional summarisation of individual items (e.g., AI Insights on Ebscohost databases), translation tools, or text-to-speech features.

These are post-retrieval conveniences. You search, you get your results list (however that list was generated), and then you have the option to use AI to help you process what you found. The search itself? Unchanged.

In theory, if you don’t like these features, you can ignore them.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: What Do We Actually Mean by “AI-Powered Search”?

#GoogleScholar bietet zur #Literaturrecherche jetzt auch #KI an ...
Ein Test:
https://www.profi-wissen.de/literaturrecherche-mit-ki-scholar-labs/

#GoogleScholar bietet zur #Literaturrecherche jetzt auch #KI an ...
Ein Test:
https://www.profi-wissen.de/literaturrecherche-mit-ki-scholar-labs/

Fascinating! Not even #Google's own product #GoogleScholar is setup correctly to show up properly in the search results.
#SEO #AcademicChatter #PhDLife

Labs Google Scholar - #AI powered research tool, outil de recherche alimenté par l' #IA développé par #googlescholar - vient d'être déployé pour le grand public

Oh, boy. #GoogleScholar is experimenting with blending AI with your favorite literature search engine. I worry that the results you get are not an improvement over standard search, and the process makes it harder to teach students how to do good searches.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_labs/search

Oh, boy. #GoogleScholar is experimenting with blending AI with your favorite literature search engine. I worry that the results you get are not an improvement over standard search, and the process makes it harder to teach students how to do good searches.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_labs/search

Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era - Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-labs… #AI #GoogleScholar

Scholar Labs Early Review: Goo...

Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era - Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-labs… #AI #GoogleScholar

Scholar Labs Early Review: Goo...

Larry Ferlazzo: Google Unveils “Scholar Labs” For Academic Research – Seems “Meh”. “Google has unveiled ‘Scholar Labs,’ an AI tool designed to assist academic research. It’s part of what appears to be an unending search for ways to make their AI useful. They haven’t been that successful in the past, and I’m less-than-impressed with this new tool.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/20/larry-ferlazzo-google-unveils-scholar-labs-for-academic-research-seems-meh/

Larry Ferlazzo: Google Unveils “Scholar Labs” For Academic Research – Seems “Meh”. “Google has unveiled ‘Scholar Labs,’ an AI tool designed to assist academic research. It’s part of what appears to be an unending search for ways to make their AI useful. They haven’t been that successful in the past, and I’m less-than-impressed with this new tool.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/20/larry-ferlazzo-google-unveils-scholar-labs-for-academic-research-seems-meh/

Scholar Labs: An AI Powered Scholar Search scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/schola… #AI #GoogleScholar

Scholar Labs: An AI Powered Scholar Search scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/schola… #AI #GoogleScholar

AI + Google Scholar: Say Hello to Google Scholar Labs!
https://www.infodocket.com/2025/11/18/ai-google-scholar-say-hello-to-google-scholar-labs/m #scholcomm #libraries #LLMs #GoogleScholar

google scholar blog: "Mark it up! Highlight and comment in Scholar PDF Reader "

https://scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/mark-it-up-highlight-and-comment-in.html

#google #literature #academia #googlescholar