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18
Dec
2008

Science, Knowledge, Experience, and the Facebook-Way
by Erin Dominick in Products and Content  |  Comments[1] Tags: facebook sti widgets

 

The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has achieved another milestone in our mission of accelerating the diffusion of knowledge to advance science.  Albert Einstein once said that “[t]he only source of knowledge is experience.”  What better way for OSTI to advance science and accelerate the diffusion of knowledge than by joining the Web 2.0 world of social networking.  So, come increase your own knowledge and experience the OSTI Page on Facebook.

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19
Nov
2008

Beyond Collecting: Connecting
by Walt Warnick in Technology  |  Comments[0] Tags: accomplishments ecd etde-web mission sti
OSTI has embraced a new paradigm for sharing scientific and technical information (STI). Historically, OSTI has fulfilled its mission of providing STI to scientists, researchers, and the public by hosting, or collecting, documents and/or metadata. OSTI's new paradigm is to make content searchable that is often hosted by others; today, OSTI connects those seeking the content with the organizations that host it.[Read More]

23
Jun
2008

Forms of STI - pt. 3
by Tim Byrne in Products and Content  |  Comments[1] Tags: dissertations osti patents project-summaries sti theses
Continuing the discussion of the different forms of scientific and technical information with patents, project summaries, and theses and dissertations.[Read More]

20
Jun
2008

Forms of STI - pt. 2
by Tim Byrne in Products and Content  |  Comments[0] Tags: conference_papers conference_proceedings e-prints journal_literature osti sti
Continuing the discussion of the different forms of scientific and technical information with journal literature, conference proceedings and papers, and e-prints.[Read More]

19
Jun
2008

Forms of STI
by Tim Byrne in Products and Content  |  Comments[0] Tags: conference conference_papers disseratations e-prints journal_literature patents project_summaries sti technical_reports theses _proceedings
OSTI has a number of search tools and it can be difficult to know when to use the different databases.  Understanding the different forms of scientific and technical information (STI) can help one appreciate the different OSTI products.[Read More]