Google launches 'dataset search' that helps scientists and journalists

by Samuel Zeller

" Dataset Search " that allows easy access to thousands of data repositories and tens of thousands of data sets that are uploaded from all over the world on the web, information published by the government and municipalities, etc. , Google released it.

Dataset Search
https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch

Making it easier to discover datasets
https://www.blog.google/products/search/making-it-easier-discover-datasets/

Dataset Search: Google launches new search engine to help scientists find datasets - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822562/google-dataset-search-service-scholar-scientific-journal-open-data-access

Dataset search is a type of Google Scholar that Google has offered for academic research for a while.

Easier access is realized by using the creator, publication date, data collection method etc. of data embedded as metadata when the government and universities publish information online.

For example, if you search for "weather site: noaa.gov", weather data released by the United States Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be displayed. "World Weather Records" displayed at the top is the data set which recorded the weather of the world as the name, as of May 31, 2017 was created and published. It can be downloaded in PDF format.