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Science Accelerator

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Science Accelerator was 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 was provided as a free public service by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), within the Office of Science. It used federated search technology to search DOE-generated and DOE-related science information databases and collections. Federated search technology allowed the user to search multiple data sources with a single query in real time. It provided simultaneous access to "deep web" scientific databases, which were typically not searchable by commercial search engines.

History

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Science Accelerator was developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) and functioned from 2007 to 2014.[1] Through this initiative, OSTI introduced scalability in federated government search technology. Science Accelerator was the DOE contribution to Science.gov and WorldWideScience.org, and searched 12 DOE databases.

Content

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Science Accelerator returned results from 12 DOE databases of science information and research results:

  • 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

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A basic search and an advanced search were provided. The advanced search allowed searching by author, title, and/or date, and/or selecting any of the resources or subsets of those resources. It provided 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

References

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  1. ^ "Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy, DOE". 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
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