Educational Online Searching

In the past I think it's been a struggle to find actual academic information online because of the huge amount of information available. However educational online searching has now become easier. Microsoft recently launched a beta version of Windows Live Academic -- which will compete with Google Scholar -- allowing users to search exclusively through academic information. Right now the Microsoft product focuses on computer science, electrical engineering and physics, and is only available in 7 countries.

It will be interesting to see how students, researchers and teachers can benefit from this new product, and see how well it takes off.