Science Accelerator
Encyclopedia
Science Accelerator is 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 is provided as a free public service by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
(OSTI), within the Office of Science
. The Science Accelerator uses federated search
technology to search DOE-generated and DOE-related science information databases and collections. Federated search technology allows the information customer to search multiple data sources with a single query in real time. It provides simultaneous access to "deep web
" scientific databases, which are typically not searchable by commercial search engines.
See Academic databases and search engines.
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
The Office of Scientific and Technical Information is a component of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy...
(OSTI), within the Office of Science
Office of Science
The Office of Science is a component of the United States Department of Energy . The Office of Science is the lead federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research for energy and the Nation’s largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences...
. The Science Accelerator uses federated search
Federated search
Federated search is an information retrieval technology that allows the simultaneous search of multiple searchable resources. A user makes a single query request which is distributed to the search engines participating in the federation...
technology to search DOE-generated and DOE-related science information databases and collections. Federated search technology allows the information customer to search multiple data sources with a single query in real time. It provides simultaneous access to "deep web
Deep web
The Deep Web refers to World Wide Web content that is not part of the Surface Web, which is indexed by standard search engines....
" scientific databases, which are typically not searchable by commercial search engines.
Content
Science Accelerator returns results from 12 DOE databases of science information and research results. Users can find:- 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
A basic search and an advanced search are provided. The advanced search allows searching by author, title, and/or date, and/or selecting any of the resources or subsets of those resources. Science Accelerator provides 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