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February 21, 2005

New Science.gov Service Delivers Science Information to Desktops

Alliance helps public stay "alert" to the latest science discoveries
from 12 federal science agencies, introduces Science.gov
Alert Service

Science.gov, the "go to" Web portal for federal science information, now
provides a free and convenient "Alert" service that delivers information
about the most current science developments right to desktops each Monday.

Launched at the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (Feb. 17-21, 2005) in Washington, D.C., the
Science.gov Alert Service provides weekly emails to those interested in
science.

From the Science.gov homepage, individuals can set up
an account and let Science.gov do the searching for them. Each week, up
to 25 relevant results from selected information sources will be sent to
the subscriber's email account. Results are displayed in the Alert email
and in a personalized Alert Archive, which stores six weeks of alerts
results. In the Archive, past activity can be reviewed and Alert
profiles edited.

Individuals can choose specific sources to monitor, or select the "All
Sources" option. Science.gov drills down into hard-to-find research
information collections, spanning more than 47 million pages of
government R&D results. More than 1,700 government information resources
and 30 databases on a wide variety of scientific topics are available -
all in one place and searchable with just one search tool.

Since its launch in 2002, Science.gov, the science companion to
FirstGov, has been the one-stop gateway to reliable federal science and
technology information. Science.gov allows individuals to search for
information based on subject, rather than by government agency.

Science.gov is made possible by the Science.gov Alliance, a
collaboration of 12 federal agencies, including the Departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human
Services and the Interior, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the Government Printing Office, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation, with support
from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Posted by Donna Braquet at February 21, 2005 05:03 PM