<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
was	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
scholarly	O
literature	O
that	O
existed	O
from	O
April	O
2006	O
to	O
May	O
2008	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
group	O
of	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
but	O
rather	O
than	O
crawling	O
the	O
Internet	O
for	O
academic	O
content	O
,	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
came	O
directly	O
from	O
trusted	O
sources	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
publishers	O
of	O
academic	O
journals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
was	O
known	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
Search	I-Application
when	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
had	O
changed	O
to	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
by	O
December	O
6	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
when	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
new	O
articles	O
,	O
mainly	O
in	O
biomedicine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
and	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Books	I-Application
,	O
both	O
sites	O
to	O
be	O
closed	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
results	O
integrated	O
into	O
regular	O
Search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
indexed	O
journal	O
articles	O
,	O
conference	O
proceedings	O
,	O
books	O
,	O
theses	O
and	O
dissertations	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
fields	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
normal	O
search	O
capabilities	O
,	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
also	O
featured	O
:	O
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