Academic Papers and Search
When you start researching projects for university; or even when you have a question on some arcane titbit of knowledge that a research in the deepest darkest chad has discovered and there is no way that you can contact him - what better way than to get your hands on the knowledge than search it down?
Roll-in Microsofts very own academic paper search page, this new Windows Live service offers the potential to search hundreds and thousands of academic papers simple and quickly.
Probably my one favourite feature on the Windows Live Search in comparison to competitors offerings is the preview pane on the right hand side. Which offers an overview (including abstract) and BibTeX/EndNote output.
The search quality is excellent, and I even managed to track down a few papers on Klingons!