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'''Community of Science''' was a collection of [[online database]]s, providing [[research]] information to both the public and subscribers, and services for the research community.  It is owned by [[ProQuest]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization | author = National Research Council | author-link = United States National Research Council | publisher = [[National Academies Press]] | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-309-14523-7 | page = 66 }}</ref>

== History ==
Community of Science was founded in 1988 by [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR112299.html | title = Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center | date = 22 November 1999 | publisher = [[San Diego Supercomputer Center]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cos.gdb.org/collateral/abtbck.htm |title=Archived copy |website=cos.gdb.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980206074231/http://cos.gdb.org/collateral/abtbck.htm |archive-date=6 February 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="he">{{cite book | title = Internet resources for engineers | author = Jimin He | publisher = [[Elsevier]] | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-7506-8949-8 | page = 153,155–6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.larecherche.fr/content/recherche/article?id=15217 | title = Une plate-forme géante | publisher = [[La Recherche]] }}</ref>

The Community of Science databases were originally hosted online at <nowiki>http://cos.gdb.org/</nowiki>,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/</ref><ref name="diaz">{{cite book | title = Reference sources on the Internet: off the shelf and onto the Web | author = Karen R. Diaz, Karen R. Díaz | page = 200 | publisher = [[Routledge]] | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-7890-0358-9 }}</ref> on the webserver of the [[GDB Human Genome Database]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gdb.org/</ref> Community of Science was also accessible via [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] CRIS, [[National Science Foundation]], and [[Department of Health and Human Services]].<ref name="diaz"/>

{{as of|1997}} the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url=//cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html |title=Community of Science – Company Background |publisher=Community of Science, Inc. |year=1997 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970607165332/http://cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html |archivedate=7 June 1997 }}</ref>

== Databases ==

* Community of Science Expertise
* Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords<ref>{{cite book | title = Clinical Research for Surgeons | author = Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson | publisher = [[Thieme Medical Publishers|Thieme]] | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-3-13-143931-4 | page = 34 }}</ref>

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.<ref name="he"/>

== Services ==
* Community of Science Funding Alert
* Community of Science Funding News – published biweekly

== Access ==
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The following organisations are subscribed:
* [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]]<ref>{{cite book | title = Finding information in science, technology, and medicine | author = Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert | page = 114 | publisher = Routledge | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-85142-462-7 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of funding opportunity databases]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Research]]
[[Category:Online databases]]


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