Science Accelerator
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Science Accelerator was a web-based gateway to science information (Academic databases and search engines) including research results from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The information was provided as a free public service by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within the Office of Science. It used federated search technology to search DOE-generated and DOE-related science information databases and collections. Federated search technology allowed the user to search multiple data sources with a single query in real time. It provided simultaneous access to "deep web" scientific databases, which were typically not searchable by commercial search engines.
History[edit]
Science Accelerator was developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) and functioned from 2007 to 2014.[1] Through this initiative, OSTI introduced scalability in federated government search technology. Science Accelerator was the DOE contribution to Science.gov and WorldWideScience.org, and searched 12 DOE databases.
Content[edit]
Science Accelerator returned results from 12 DOE databases of science information and research results:
- Electronic full-text research reports (including DOE scientific and technical information)
- Energy citations (going back to the Manhattan Project era)
- Patents
- Ongoing research project summaries
- DOE accomplishments including Nobel Laureates
- Collections of DOE non-text data
- E-prints (journal article pre-publication drafts and scholarly papers)
- Proceedings and papers from science conferences
See Academic databases and search engines.
Features and capabilities[edit]
A basic search and an advanced search were provided. The advanced search allowed searching by author, title, and/or date, and/or selecting any of the resources or subsets of those resources. It provided a variety of features and capabilities, including:
- Clustering of results by subtopics or dates to help users target their search
- Wikipedia results related to user search terms
- Eureka Science News results related to user search terms
- RSS service
- Email option for sending results to friends and colleagues
- Enhanced information related to the user's real-time search
- Alerts service
- XML service
- Tag cloud information
- Widget
References[edit]
- ^ "Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy, DOE". 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2019-06-07.