Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Featured Government Website in January

Science.gov – a search engine just for science

Are you aware that federal agencies across the United States generate a wealth of scientific information ranging from materials geared for the general public to highly technical research reports?

Science.gov is a gateway to government science information and research results. Currently in its fifth generation, Science.gov provides a search of over 40 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2000 scientific Websites” (see Science.gov fact sheet).

This wonderful science website represents a collaborative effort by a group of government agencies to select and share the best of their online science information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 18 U.S. government science organizations within 14 Federal Agencies. These agencies form the voluntary Science.gov Alliance which governs Science.gov.

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If you are interested in learning more about this website, please feel free to contact Liya Deng, Government Documents Librarian at Tarver Library. She is happy to help you with researching government produced science resources.


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