Community of Science

Community of Science (COS) is a collection of online databases, providing research information to both the public and subscribers, and services for the research community. It is owned by ProQuest.[1]

Contents

History

COS was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.[2][3][4][5]

The COS databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/,[6][7] on the webserver of the GDB Human Genome Database.[8] COS was also accessible via U.S. Department of Agriculture CRIS, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services.[7]

As of 1997 the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.[9]

Databases

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.[4]

Services

Access

The following organisations are subscribed:

See also

References

  1. ^ National Research Council (2010). Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization. National Academies Press. p. 66. ISBN 0309145236. 
  2. ^ "Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999. http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR112299.html. 
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ a b Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. p. 153,155–6. ISBN 0750689498. 
  5. ^ "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche. http://www.larecherche.fr/content/recherche/article?id=15217. 
  6. ^ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/ ]
  7. ^ a b Karen R. Diaz, Karen R. Díaz (1997). Reference sources on the Internet: off the shelf and onto the Web. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 0789003589. 
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ "Community of Science - Company Background". Community of Science, Inc.. 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/19970607165332/cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html. 
  10. ^ Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 3131439319. 
  11. ^ Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0851424627. 

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