Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy

Find and share global research with new tools at WorldWideScience.org

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:03:24 -0400

You can now quickly hone your research results list to the documents you need and then share them via social networking sites using the new features at WorldWideScience.org. This free online science gateway to global databases now offers clustering of results by publication and author, as well as by topic and date. This enhancement allows you to quickly narrow a results list from the databases of approximately 60 countries to the research you are seeking.

Librarians learn ways to quickly share Energy Department, federal agency, and global science info at SLA

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:06:18 -0400

Librarians were provided opportunities to test drive efficient ways to share DOE, federal agency, and global research information at two SLA Conference booths supported by OSTI June 13-17 in Washington, DC. OSTI exhibited the DOE Science Accelerator, a science information portal that provides single-query search of 10 DOE databases. Also at this booth, OSTI showcased its MARC records capability, which allows records of DOE technical report literature to be downloaded in a format suitable for library catalogues everywhere, expanding access to a variety of scientific research. OSTI also planned and helped staff a Science.gov exhibit in coordination with CENDI, the interagency group of senior information managers. The exhibit provided live demonstrations of the Science.gov search engine as well as WorldWideScience.org, the global science gateway. The search engines are maintained and hosted at OSTI.

OSTI sports new look and improved navigation

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:33:32 -0400

The OSTI website is sporting a fresh look with improved navigation pathways to our products and services. Direct links to ScienceAccelerator.gov, Science.gov, and WorldWideScience.org are featured, as well as a listing of DOE databases by content type. Our new features, Science Showcase and From the Director, highlight exciting ideas, science information, tools and services. Our Suggested Tags cloud provides ideas on how to tag our website information and offers an easy path to users' favorite pages. Our interactive features can be found in the Read, Listen and Share box. While we know there will be a learning curve, we hope you find the OSTI website more in tune with the needs of today's web users. Let us know what you think.

WorldWideScience.org: China’s participation expands access to global science

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:29:25 -0400

Government officials today formalized the addition of the People’s Republic of China as the most recent member of the WorldWideScience Alliance. The signing ceremony was held in Ottawa, Canada. The addition of the Chinese database, from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, means that WorldWideScience.org, the global science gateway, now searches science and technology research and development results from 80 percent of the world’s population. The multilateral WorldWideScience Alliance was established in June 2008 to govern this rapidly growing online gateway to international scientific research information.

Find remarkable advancements in science with one easy search

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:29:27 -0400

Now you can use a one-stop search of the DOE R&D Accomplishments database to find, access, and download over 290 searchable documents and bibliographic citations that report accomplishments from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractor facilities. Using the new search box at the top center of the website banner, you can also search more than 60 web pages about Nobel Laureates and/or remarkable advances in science, either independently or in conjunction with searching the database. DOE R&D Accomplishments is a central forum for information about the outcomes of past, significant DOE R&D activities.

Research documents of the late Nobel Laureate Henry Taube featured at OSTI

Tue, 19 May 2009 09:43:26 -0400

Research documents of Henry Taube from the 1960s and 1970s can be downloaded in full-text format from OSTI’s DOE R&D Accomplishments website. Taube received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and was cited by the Nobel Committee as "one of the most creative research workers of our age in the field of coordination chemistry" (see press release). Find resources with additional information about Taube at OSTI. While at the site, browse the database, read about other Nobel Laureates, and link to Enrico Fermi Award Laureates. DOE R&D Accomplishments is a central forum for information about the outcomes of past DOE R&D widely recognized as remarkable advances in science.