If you're the type that has an unfortunate tendency of mangling popular Simpsons quotes or the words of English literary greats, Google is here to make your life a little easier.
Our friends at The Verge noticed a new feature in Google Docs today called Research?a sidebar that appears alongside a document for quick access to?"web results, images, quotations, maps, reviews, and more." The feature can be invoked from Docs' Tools menu, by keyboard shortcut, or perhaps in the most useful way, by right-clicking on any word in the document area.?A search bar produces similar results to a traditional query, but with the added ability to immediately embed found text or objects into the document area, along with appropriate citations?wherever?possible.
For example, an image search for "volcanoes" produces both diagrams of active volcanoes and traditional photographic images. But what's impressive is how the Research tab leverages Google search to provide recent information,?alongside?historical information or general knowledge data. For instance, a quote search for US President Barack Obama will not only return popular snippets from his 2008 election?campaign, but more recent quotes from news reports as well?some mere hours old.
And for those?worried?about the veracity of listed quotes, Research appears to cull only those quotes that appear on multiple established sites, which can be revealed using a handy "show sources" button. There are other handy filters too?including the ability to search only for Creative Commons licensed images?which you can try on the Google Docs website right now. Just promise us you'll never misquote another episode of Klassic Krusty ever again.
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