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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 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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

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 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)
  4. ^ a b Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. p. 153,155–6. ISBN 0-7506-8949-8.
  5. ^ "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche.
  6. ^ https://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 0-7890-0358-9.
  8. ^ https://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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