Science.gov—A Gateway to information resources by U.S. government science organizations

Abstract

Science.gov is a gateway to scientific and technological information provided by government organizations in United States, which contains nearly 30 databases and more than 1700 related Web sites. Searching the site by terms or by subject categories, users will have a list of links to relevant site as scientific literature, technical reports, patent information, numeric data and current topics of research institutes. The site is managed by working group of 17 government science organizations from 12 Federal agencies. It was launched based on the policy to get researcher, students and citizens to be more accessible to scientific and technological information of government organization.