Google has bumped Google Scholar up to front page status. There's now a link to Google Scholar available under the "more" option on the Google search homepage. According to my neighbor, a PhD candidate who lives for Google Scholar, this option has long been available on the front page to those using a university network.

For those that have never used it, [Google Scholar][2] is an index of scientific and scholarly publications, many of which are not included in Google's main search index. 

Google Scholar indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and more from all broad areas of research. If you're looking for something more authoritative than the Post, Google Scholar is your friend.

[via [Google Operating System][1]]


[1]: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-scholar-added-to-googles.html "Google Scholar Added to Google's Homepage"
[2]: http://scholar.google.com/ "Google Scholar"