Community of Science

Community of Science was 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]

History

Community of Science was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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

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

Databases

Community of Science Expertise
Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords^[10]

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.^[4]

Services

Community of Science Funding Alert
Community of Science Funding News – published biweekly

Access

The following organisations are subscribed:

Association of Commonwealth Universities^[11]

References

^ National Research Council (2010). Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization. National Academies Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-309-14523-7.
^ "Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999.
^ "Archived copy". cos.gdb.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 1998. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7506-8949-8.
^ "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/
^ ^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 0-7890-0358-9.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gdb.org/
^ "Community of Science – Company Background". Community of Science, Inc. 1997. Archived from the original on 7 June 1997.
^ Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-13-143931-4.
^ Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-85142-462-7.

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[1] National Research Council (2010). Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization. National Academies Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-309-14523-7.

[2] "Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999.

[3] "Archived copy". cos.gdb.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 1998. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[he-4] Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7506-8949-8.

[5] "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche.

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/

[diaz-7] Karen R. Diaz, Karen R. Díaz (1997). Reference sources on the Internet: off the shelf and onto the Web. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 0-7890-0358-9.

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gdb.org/

[9] "Community of Science – Company Background". Community of Science, Inc. 1997. Archived from the original on 7 June 1997.

[10] Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-13-143931-4.

[11] Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-85142-462-7.

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