PubMed indexes citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books, with links to full text when available.
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Downloader vs Google Scholar
How do Downloader and Google Scholar compare? Here are the facts side by side: pricing, platforms, open-source status and what each one is for.
| Directory detail | Downloader | Google Scholar |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | academia-dl is a command-line tool for downloading PDF files from Academia.edu URLs. | Google Scholar searches scholarly literature across articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions from multiple disciplines. |
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| Type | Open-source project | Website |
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| Pricing | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Platforms | Not recorded | Web |
| Open source | Yes | Not stated |
| Language | English | — |
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