The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has come up with a solution for managing information overload. Many such efforts have been around and more will happen. The AI2's solution is - "Semantic Scholar."  It is a free, nonprofit, academic search engine for research papers in computer science and biomedical fields. It utilizes AI (Artificial Intelligence) methods for data mining, natural-language processing, and computer vision to create the search and browsing experiences. When we do a search, we can first view some added terms that the engine suggests for our term. Next, we are provided with filters (very similar to PubMed)…

Kopernio (previously known as Canary Haz ) is a browser plugin which enables researchers to surf multiple journal websites on a single interface. Behind the scenes Kopernio will search open databases and (where possible)  find the best version of the paper for you. It integrates with Google Scholar and PubMed so that it gives you a notification about the access/availability of an article, as you browse.  It also integrates with library subscriptions, so with a one time authentication you can access your library holdings anywhere and at any time. To ensure security of library data,  all sensitive details are encrypted using industry…