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Scirus
Search engine "For Scientific Information Only"
"Scirus covers scientific, technical and medical information sources ... Scirus reads non-text files (like pdf) ... Scirus searches deeper by indexing complete documents ..."

"There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public"
From Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Winter 2001
By Sandy Lewis, Sciences and Engineering Librarian & Library Instruction Coordinator, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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COS [Community of Science] Funding Opportunities
"The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 15,500 awards from around the world."

DAREnet - Digital Academic Repositories (English or Nederlands)
"...is a search service which gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. This is a broad collection which guarantees digital accessibility to the full text without any restrictions. DAREnet consists of 82210 digital objects...All Dutch universities, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) participate."

European Union - CORDIS - Community Research & Development Information Service

GPS Applications Exchange
"...an online information source on the diverse uses of GPS technology all over the world. GPS is a public information service used by both the public and private sectors of our global economy to improve productivity, increase safety and protect the environment. Sponsored by NASA and representatives of the GPS community - (dead link) the Applications Exchange includes GPS application stories that you can browse and view by application type or by country. You can also access these applications by regions using the map below. Use the pull-down menus on this page to learn about the innovative ways that GPS is being put to work."

MEDLINE

MuSICA: Music & Science Information Computer Archive
"Data Base Contents: Scientific research (references & abstracts) on music as related to behavior, the brain and allied fields." Updated weekly. Also includes MuSICA Research Notes, "a newsletter issued Winter, Spring and Fall, that provides reports and critical analysis of research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, music therapy and allied fields."
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine

Nanotechnology Database
"This site is designed to present up-to-date sources of information on nanotechnology in the following areas: major research centers, funding agencies, major reports and books. Each component has been carefully reviewed and selected. This site is expected to grow with the continued support and updates from those organizations and individuals working in the field. The summaries which appear were taken directly from each of their respective sites.
International Technology Research Institute, Loyola College in Maryland

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Physics Laboratory
    "Supporting U.S. Industry by providing measurement services and research for electronic, optical, and radiation technologies."
    • Physical Reference Data
      Includes: Physical Constants ; Atomic Spectroscopic Data ; Molecular Spectroscopic Data ; Ionization Data ; X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Data ; Radiation Dosimetry Data ; Nuclear Physics Data ; Condensed Matter Physics Data ; Other NIST Data

National Laboratory for Applied Network Research

National Science Federation

ResearchIndex - (dead link)
The NECI Scientific Literature Digital Library
"...a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness ...
Rather than creating just another digital library, ResearchIndex provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries."

SciTechResources.gov
Locate Government Science and Technology Resources
"...the government site that provides the scientist, engineer, and technologist with easy, one-stop access to key U.S. Government resources. Thousands of web sites are being reviewed to select just those sites that will provide valuable links to government expertise, services, laboratories, information centers, and other important resources.
Managed by National Technical Information Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

  • DOE Information Bridge
     "...provides free and convenient access to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics."
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    A Dept. of Energy / University of California Laboratory
    • Documents On-Line
      Currently over 25,000 reports in the Documents On-Line collection.
  • Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) - The Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology
     "The World's Most Comprehensive Collection of Energy, Science, and Technology Information."
    "The Library's resources include three vast virtual collections covering each of the three main ways by which scientists communicate their findings: journal literature, grey literature, and preprints. Many other collections of interest are available, including the new DOE R&D Portfolio Web site."
    • Energy Citations Database, 1948-
      "...contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies...includes bibliographic records of literature in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents."
    • EnergyFiles: Virtual Library Collections of Energy Science and Technology
    • GrayLIT Network
      Full-Text Scientific Report Literature
      "...a portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects."
    • Research & Development Project Summaries
       "Access to over 17,000 R&D projects currently ongoing within the DOE can be found within this application. Projects pertaining to Departmental activities in Energy Research, Fossil Energy, Environmental Management, and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, are just some of the R&D disciplines found in the database."

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Databases and Search Resources

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