The document discusses various challenges and topics related to scientific information retrieval. Some of the key topics discussed include searching across literature and repositories for linked information, searching outside traditional literature and repositories, evaluating relevance and trust of search results, integrating patent information into the scientific worldview, limitations of search tools like Google Scholar, and using machine learning in scientific search. The document raises questions about building tools to help non-specialists search and make sense of large amounts of returned information.

1. Searching Science

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4. Access to data Access to information Science for all, not just a few Search is Critical

5. Effective search depends on reservoirs of tacit knowledge and unconscious skill. Some people possess much deeper reservoirs, and/or can tap into them more effectively, than others. That makes them valuable. – Jon Udell

11. Knowledge-based Decision Support Semantic Web Metadata Standards

13. Some Topics Searching across literature and repositories for linked information - Use visualization or statistical techniques to show relationships among repositories ( AlbertoConti ) Searching outside literature and central repositories Relevance of search results and trust Patents and integration into science world view ( RichardJefferson ) What can't you do with Google Scholar? What are the Grand Challenges of Scientific Information Retrieval? ( DuncanHull ) - How can I "make sense" of all the information returned? ( AlbertoConti ) Machine Learning and the natural sciences ( ChrisWiggins ) User interface/API design - how do we build tools for non-specialists to use? ( AndrewWalkingshaw ) Non-text information (images, audio, video). Useful? Required? How do we find them? ( DeepakSingh ) How can we make it easier to follow links/citations through disparate systems? (Dan Chudnov) Setting to grips with identity - URL? PURL? LSID? Whatever! ( CaroleGoble ) How do we balance speed, relevance, simple interface and discovery potential, i.e., uncovering the unexpected? ( CarolChristian )