The Latest in Search: Do New Discovery Solutions Improve Search as well as Retrieval? - The Scholarly Kitchen

"On reflection, these latest offerings in scholarly search prove that discovery is no longer enough and we’re seeing full-text access more regularly paired with search indexes. All major players seem equally focused on synching up with authorized institutional access as the ideal scenario, though some are engineering more stringent checks for legitimacy than others. Any scholarly reader searching on the mainstream web is at risk retrieving outdated versions or questionable resources. However, those apps that default to unverified PDFs on sites like Academia.edu or ResearchGate may increase pressure on libraries and content providers to participate in indexing and data-sharing, to increase the likelihood of capturing usage on primary publisher sites. Perhaps this practice will do just the opposite and drive away cross-sector cooperation."