Community of Science

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Community of Science was a collection of online databases, providing research information to both the public and subscribers, and services for the research community. It is owned by ProQuest.[1]

History

Community of Science was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.[2][3][4][5]

The Community of Science databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/,[6][7] on the webserver of the GDB Human Genome Database.[8] Community of Science was also accessible via U.S. Department of Agriculture CRIS, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services.[7]

(As of 1997) the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.[9]

Databases

  • Community of Science Expertise
  • Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords[10]

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.[4]

Services

  • Community of Science Funding Alert
  • Community of Science Funding News – published biweekly

Access

The following organisations are subscribed:

  • Association of Commonwealth Universities[11]

See also

References

  1. National Research Council (2010). Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization. National Academies Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-309-14523-7. 
  2. "Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999. http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR112299.html. 
  3. "Archived copy". http://cos.gdb.org/collateral/abtbck.htm. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. p. 153,155–6. ISBN 0-7506-8949-8. 
  5. "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche. http://www.larecherche.fr/content/recherche/article?id=15217. 
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/
  7. 7.0 7.1 Karen R. Diaz, Karen R. Díaz (1997). Reference sources on the Internet: off the shelf and onto the Web. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 0-7890-0358-9. 
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gdb.org/
  9. "Community of Science – Company Background". Community of Science, Inc.. 1997. Archived from the original on 7 June 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19970607165332/http://cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html. 
  10. Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-13-143931-4. 
  11. Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-85142-462-7.