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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.{{cite book | title = Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization | author = National Research Council | author-link = United States National Research Council | publisher = National Academies Press | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-309-14523-7 | page = 66 }}

History

Community of Science was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.{{cite web | url = http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR112299.html | title = Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center | date = 22 November 1999 | publisher = San Diego Supercomputer Center }}{{cite web |url=http://cos.gdb.org/collateral/abtbck.htm |title=Archived copy |website=cos.gdb.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980206074231/http://cos.gdb.org/collateral/abtbck.htm |archive-date=6 February 1998 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book |author=Jimin He |title=Internet resources for engineers |publisher=Elsevier |year=1998 |isbn=0-7506-8949-8 |pages=153–156}}{{cite news | url = http://www.larecherche.fr/content/recherche/article?id=15217 | title = Une plate-forme géante | publisher = La Recherche }}

The Community of Science databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/,https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/{{cite book | title = Reference sources on the Internet: off the shelf and onto the Web | author = Karen R. Diaz, Karen R. Díaz | page = 200 | publisher = Routledge | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-7890-0358-9 }} on the webserver of the GDB Human Genome Database.https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gdb.org/ Community of Science was also accessible via U.S. Department of Agriculture CRIS, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services.

{{as of|1997}} the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite web |url=//cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html |title=Community of Science – Company Background |publisher=Community of Science, Inc. |year=1997 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970607165332/http://cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html |archivedate=7 June 1997 }}

Databases

  • Community of Science Expertise
  • Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords{{cite book | title = Clinical Research for Surgeons | author = Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson | publisher = Thieme | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-3-13-143931-4 | page = 34 }}

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.

Services

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

Access

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The following organisations are subscribed:

  • Association of Commonwealth Universities{{cite book | title = Finding information in science, technology, and medicine | author = Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert | page = 114 | publisher = Routledge | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-85142-462-7 }}

See also

References

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