Knimbus: Free Personal Edition

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Knimbus is both a search engine and a collaborative platform for scientists to find the 
information they need and connect them with other researchers in their field. As a search 
engine it provides a federated search of 32 Open Access resources and connects the 
researcher to the full text. As a collaborative platform, it provides a way for scientists to 
upload their documents and share them with their colleagues. Knimbus is an enterprising 
project that has excellent potential. Unfortunately, the searching is not as straightforward as 
it could be within the free version of the product and can provide irrelevant results. It shares 
the same problems as any federated search, but adds a few new ones with its search 
language.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Charleston Advisor
Volume15
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2014

Keywords

  • bibliographic manager
  • research manager

Disciplines

  • Library and Information Science

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