After a bit of googling I found out that I was wrong in assuming that search-team of Google is reserved only for veterans and freshers are not allowed. Also it

After a bit of googling I found out that I was wrong in assuming that search-team of Google is reserved only for veterans and freshers are not allowed. Also it's a fact that you learn more from industrial exposure than that of textbooks. As for OP, I got a nice resource, which may help him currently: http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/ir/ http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/ir/