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Science.gov 1.0 was launched in December 2002, providing for the first time wide public access and a unified search of the government’s vast stores of scientific and technical information. Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 17 U.S. government science organizations within 12 Federal agencies. These agencies form the voluntaryScience.gov Alliance. Visitors to the site can search across Alliance agency resources via one query. Version 2.0 was launched in May 2004 and introduced real-time relevancy ranking to government science retrieval. This technology, funded by the Department of Energy, helps citizens sort through the government’s reservoirs of research and return results most likely to meet individual needs. An advanced search capability and other enhancements were added. Each agency selects its best science information for science.gov. Two major types of information are included — selected authoritative science Web sites and often hard-to-access scientific databases (specific content varies by database). This gateway to government science information allows searches across 30 databases and more than 1,700 science Web sites. Science.gov currently accesses over 47 million pages of government science information. Science.gov allows users to search the surface Web as well as the deep Web, where traditional search engines cannot go. The information is free, with no registration required. A number of participating agencies are members of CENDI, which provides administrative support and coordination for science.gov. These agencies are committed to serving the information needs of the science-attentive citizen, including science professionals, students and teachers, and the business community. The Alliance and science.gov were formed in response to the April 2001 workshop, "Strengthening the Public Information Infrastructure for Science." The content for this project is contributed by participating agencies. The Web page search function is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the "explore by subject" search of selected federal scientific and technical Web sites is maintained by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The science.gov Web site is hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which also supplies the site's "deep Web search" capability. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions and our Fact Sheet. Some information accessible through this site may have limitations on its use (including copyright) or contain terms and conditions. For information about these terms and conditions, refer to the specific site or service. Check for new information and new sites added frequently to science.gov.
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