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Are there alternatives to google scholar and google patents? (self.privacy)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by nossaquesapao to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Due to my line of work, I find myself having to use both these services frequently, despite avoiding google as much as I can. I see a lot of alternatives out there for internet searching, but when it comes to specific fields, alternatives tend to be scarce.

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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I use JabRef for both finding research papers and generating bibliographies. It's phenomenal and fully open source. Definitely worth checking out, I'm not even sure what I'd do without it these days!

[–] nossaquesapao 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried it, but didn't find a way to search for articles. it seems closer to zotero than scholar. Am I missing something?

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

In the top left there should be a search option. In ~~settings~~ preferences, be sure it's set up to search all sources. I get tons of articles when putting in pretty specific topics.

Edit: It's in the preferences under the file tab. Here's screenshots of my home screen, plus the preferences I use for it to search papers.

[–] DrPen@mastodon.social 2 points 11 months ago

@shreddy_scientist @nossaquesapao I shared the academic Internet archive recently, which is pretty good. A JabRef dev commented on adding it to the JabRef search resources. I need to start using JabRef to help begin the move away from Google scholar but that's very difficult to do as an academic.

[–] nossaquesapao 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you very much!