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Science Accelerator

Web-enabled Milestones Chart

Over the last decade, numerous milestones have been achieved, including many “firsts” in government web search technology.

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First DOE homepage

First searchable full-text DOE results

First parallel searching of government databases and Web sites

First searchable gateway to preprint servers around the world

First distributed search across federal government science with Science.gov

First relevancy ranking of government-wide science

First partnering with commercial search engines

First alert services & fielded searching of government-wide science

First spell-checking for government-wide science

First full-text-based relevance ranking

First one-stop global science search

First one-stop search of key DOE databases

First comprehensive database of DOE patent records

First aggregation of DOE scientific research data collections

First distributed search portal for federal science education resoucres

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