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Science.gov is a gateway to U.S. government science information. Through federated search, the portal offers free access to research and development (R&D) results from 15 federal agencies.
With a single query, Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 selected websites offering 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information in multiple formats, including full-text documents, citations, multimedia, and data. Users do not need to know ahead of time which agency has produced what information to find what they are looking for.
From its inception, Science.gov has been a model of voluntary interagency collaboration. Launched in 2002, it is a pioneering initiative by U.S. science agencies to improve the public infrastructure for and access to the nation’s scientific research information.
Background
Science.gov was conceived and is hosted by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) (http://www.osti.gov), the DOE office responsible for collecting, preserving, and disseminating DOE R&D results. Science.gov includes the DOE scientific and technical information (STI) offered by OSTI and helps make other agencies’ R&D results available to DOE researchers.
Science.gov is the U.S. contribution to WorldWideScience.org (http://www.worldwidescience.org), which provides access to science information from more than 70 nations around the world.
Organization
Oversight
Science.gov is overseen by CENDI, an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information managers representing the majority of the federal R&D budget.
Alliance
Science.gov is governed by the interagency Science.gov Alliance, which includes representatives from scientific and technical information organizations from the following federal agencies:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Government Publishing Office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
Many of the Alliance agencies are members of CENDI, an interagency working group of senior STI managers, which provides administrative support and coordination for Science.gov.