Google Launches Dataset Search Engine

Search engines and Google, in particular, have expanded like crazy in the past few years in order to service the demand for content on the internet. As access to the web becomes, ubiquitous Google looks to remain the front page and gateway of the worlds internet experience. These guys really never rest and make sure we're completely hooked on their range of products for all our data and content discovery needs.

Google dataset search

The new search engine which is still in beta is currently open for anyone to use and Google emphasises the benefits it has for journalists and data scientists.

Why the need for Dataset search?

“In today’s world, scientists in many disciplines and a growing number of journalists live and breathe data… To enable easy access to this data, we launched Dataset Search, so that scientists, data journalists, data geeks, or anyone else can find the data required for their work and their stories, or simply to satisfy their intellectual curiosity.”

You can try out the beta version here

The home screen for Google Dataset search

Where does Dataset search pull its data from?

Similar to how Google Scholar works, Dataset Search lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page. 

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