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Access to Science Information Expands with Science.gov 5.0 Launch

200 Million Pages of U.S. Government Science Resources Now Available on the Internet

The latest version of Science.gov http://www.science.gov -Science.gov 5.0-was launched Sept. 15th, allowing users to search additional collections of valuable science resources; more easily target their searches; and readily find links to information on a variety of science topics. Science.gov is a free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies.

Science.gov 5.0 improves upon the previous version, Science.gov 4.0, by offering seven new databases and portals which allow researchers access to over 200 million pages of scientific information.

In addition to quadrupling the amount of searchable content and enhancing the search technology, Science.gov 5.0 now provides links to related EurekAlert! Science News http://www.eurekalert.org and Wikipedia, and provides the capability to easily download research results into personal files or citation software.

Another key feature of Science.gov 5.0 is a "clustering" tool which helps target searches by grouping results by subtopics or dates. This technology was recently developed through a DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program award.

Science.gov is hosted by DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within DOE's Office of Science. In addition to DOE, Science.gov is supported by contributing members of the Science.gov Alliance, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, and the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration.

New information available includes:

Thousands of patents resulting from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development:
DOepatents
http://www.osti.gov/doepatents

Documents and bibliographic citations of DOE accomplishments:
DOE R&D Accomplishments Database
http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments

Millions of electronic scientific documents from around the world known as e-prints:
Eprint Network
http://www.osti.gov/eprints

Comprehensive and peer-reviewed toxicology data for thousands of chemicals:
HSDB Hazardous Substances Databank
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

As well as more than 3 million references to worldwide literature on the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms:
TOXLINE Toxicology Bibliographic Information
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE

New information also includes a digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature:
PubMed Central
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov

Cancer-related information of all kinds for all audiences, including support and treatment resources for patients, comprehensive descriptions of research programs and clinical trials for healthcare professionals and the general public, and funding opportunities for researchers:
Cancer.gov
http://www.cancer.gov

Post on GovDocs-L from: Tim Byrne, Information International Associates, Inc., DOE/Office of Scientific and Technical Information