To provide answers that aren't already in Google's ever-expanding database, the company will blend new semantic-search technology with its current system to better recognize the value of information on websites and figure out which ones to show in search results.

WSJ: Google Gives Search a Refresh

Usually, you explore data in one system, analyze it in another, search for more related information in another, and then take action in still another.

FORBES: A Vision for Unifying Access to Data and Documents

Two main initiatives are National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System ( NARCIS): the national portal for those who are in search of information about researchers and their work and Data Archiving and Networked Services ( DANS) to provide access to datasets by developing data infrastructures in organisations.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal