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You Found It!You Found It!
A Wealth of
Government Science Information
A Wealth of
Government Science Information
C’mon in! We’ll show you!C’mon in! We’ll show you!
What is What is ItIt ? ?What is What is ItIt ? ?
Tons of FREE federally funded and international science research information from:
Department of Energy (DOE)
Other U.S. government science agencies
Worldwide national science organizations
Tons of FREE federally funded and international science research information from:
Department of Energy (DOE)
Other U.S. government science agencies
Worldwide national science organizations
OSTI is the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information, whose mission is to advance science by making scientific and technical information (STI) broadly available.
To accomplish this, OSTI provides an array of web tools and capabilities designed to deliver science to desktops everywhere.
OSTI is the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information, whose mission is to advance science by making scientific and technical information (STI) broadly available.
To accomplish this, OSTI provides an array of web tools and capabilities designed to deliver science to desktops everywhere.
Where Do I Find It?Where Do I Find It?
www.osti.gov
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Federated Search Engines at OSTIFederated Search Engines at OSTI
Gateway to key
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DOE
Gateway to key
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Science information from every inhabited continent with just
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Science info and
research resultsfrom 14
U.S. federal agencies
Science info and
research resultsfrom 14
U.S. federal agencies
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What is Federated Search?What is Federated Search?
Federated search drills down to the deep web where scientific databases reside
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Thank youThank you
Presentation address:http://www.osti.gov/speeches/fy2009/nsta/index.shtmlPresentation address:http://www.osti.gov/speeches/fy2009/nsta/index.shtml
Presenter:Lynn Davisdavisl@osti.gov
Presenter:Lynn Davisdavisl@osti.gov
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