It is widely recognized that shared knowledge is the enabler of scientific progress. This recognition, combined with the fact that scientific and technical information (STI) is a principal deliverable coming from the Federal government's R&D program, underscores the Department’s commitment to providing a wide-range of S&T Information Resources. In support of this commitment, the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) fulfills its mission by providing leadership and coordination for the Department-wide Scientific and Technical Information Program. OSTI therefore assures access by DOE, the scientific research community, academia, U.S. industry and the public to DOE research results.
OSTI has a collection of reports dating back to the 1940's with new information from DOE projects added daily. In addition, OSTI has developed state-of-the-art systems for making full-text readily available in electronic form. Key collections developed and maintained by OSTI on behalf of DOE, and accessible via the OSTI Web site, include the Energy Citations Database, the DOE Information Bridge, the E-print Network, DOE Research and Development Project Summaries, OSTI Information Collections, and EnergyFiles.
In addition, OSTI represents DOE in partnering with other federal agencies in enabling e-government citizen access through a single Web portal on FirstGov.gov. This portal, Science.gov, provides a single gateway to over 1,700 sites and databases of federal R&D information. OSTI provides access to DOE’s content on Science.gov, hosts the Science.gov Web site, and supplies the site’s “Deep Web search” capability. OSTI also is the operating agent for the international Energy Technology Data Exchange and maintains a Web tool for searching foreign research literature.
