Following is a collection of links to other national portals
of scientific information. Descriptions are taken from
informational materials provided on the respective websites.
Access to the information provided is controlled by each
portal.
Note: When utilizing the links on this page, you will be directed
to non-federal databases or Websites. We are not
responsible for the content, design, format, or maintenance of
these pages.
International |
WorldWideScience.org
WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access to additional sources as well as enhanced features. WorldWideScience.org was developed and is maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), an element of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Australia |
Science.gov
(Australia)
From the Australian Department of Education, Science, and
Training, the portal delivers
science information and services to industry, investors, and
the research community. Users can
view research and science information by discipline, by purpose,
by agency, or by sector.
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Canada |
Canada Institute for Scientific and
Technical Information (CISTI)
CISTI, part of the National Research Council of Canada, provides
technology, engineering, and
medical information to thousands of public and private libraries
and researchers from through
this portal. CISTI's collection and its document delivery
service are available to users through
the online Catalogue and CISTI Source.
Science (Canada)
Science.gc.ca is a horizontal Government of Canada initiative,
supported by a partnership of
federal science-based departments and agencies, and hosted
at Natural Resources Canada.
The site offers an extensive catalogue free, authoritative
science resources from Canadian
sources. Its search engine and subject index make it easy
for the general public, students, and
science educators to find information on a variety of science
topics, along with science news,
fast facts, games, and information about science careers and
Canadian science achievements.
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Denmark |
Denmark's Electronic Research Library,
DEFF
A partnership program, DEFF connects research and special
libraries to provide a network of
electronic and other information sources to public and private
citizens. DEFF is funded jointly
by the Danish Ministries of Science, Technology and Innovation;
Culture; and Education
(oversight by the Danish National Library Authority) and provides
e-learning, e-publishing,
licenses, portals, system architecture, and user facilities.
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France |
Science.gouv
Published by the Center for Resources and Information on Multimedia
for Higher Instruction
(CERIMES), users get access to online scientific and technical
information, with emphasis on
French information. Users can search the site’s database,
external education and research
sites (universities, museums, scientific organizations, research
centers, and science academies
and associations), or access the directory of scientific resources
by topic, resource type, and
targeted audience.
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Germany |
Vascoda
Vascoda is an interdisciplinary InterNet portal for scientific
information for the anyone interested
in science from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research
(BMBF) and the German
Research Council (DFG). Vascoda has content from partner scientific
and central technical
libraries, as well as special assembly area libraries with
specialized subsections for engineering
and natural sciences, medicine and life sciences, economics
and social sciences, and religious
and cultural sciences.
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Japan |
Japan Science and Technology Agency,
(JST)
JST has a mission objective to upgrade the infrastructure
for disseminating Japan’s scientific
and technical information. The website brings JST’s
work to the general public and provides
links to five programmatic areas and to a number of Japanese
STI databases (both free and
subscription based), including J-EAST, J-STORE, and J-STAGE
as well as to Science Links
Japan.
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South Korea |
yesKISTI
yesKISTI is an S&T information portal for researchers
from the Korea Institute of Science and
Technology Information. The site provides access to more than
20,000 journals and 50 million
databases including proceedings, research reports, patents,
etc., through the integrated search
site for S&T information.
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United
Kingdom |
Resource Discovery Network, (RDN)
RDN, the United Kingdom’s free education and research
information portal, is provided through
a collaboration of education and research organizations. The
site lets users search or browse
selected education and research resources through eight subject-based
hubs. The portal also
has interactive Web tutorials, alerting services, case studies,
and services that allow users to
include RDN resources on their own websites. |