Google Books in 2004 [1], Google Scholar in 2004 [2], and Google Patents in 2006 [3] felt like the golden age of Google’s mission to “organize the world’s infor

Google Books in 2004 [1], Google Scholar in 2004 [2], and Google Patents in 2006 [3] felt like the golden age of Google’s mission to “organize the world’s information and and make it universally accessible and useful” [4]. If you think back to the state of the web at the time, those services were expansive in their scope and ambition when they were launched. I give Google credit for continuing to run and maintain them to this day. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Scholar [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Patents [4]: https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/mission/ https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/mission/