# Google Scholar alternatives [[Google Scholar]] alternatives. > All the talk about Google losing ground & cutting jobs made me nervous about what I'd do if Google Scholar got the chop… > > So I dug into the options – and came away relieved. Even a little optimistic! > > New PLOS post: Could there be some viable challengers to Google Scholar on the horizon? > > https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/02/16/could-there-be-some-viable-challengers-to-google-scholar-on-the-horizon/ > > \#OpenScience #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter > > – https://mastodon.online/@hildabast/109873723113968357 Not quite a Google Scholar alternative but interesting way of accessing papers: [[r/Scholar]]