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.<ref>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.</ref>

History

Community of Science was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.<ref>"Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999.</ref><ref>"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)</ref><ref name="he">Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. p. 153,155–6. ISBN 0-7506-8949-8.</ref><ref>"Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche.</ref>

The Community of Science databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cos.gdb.org/</ref><ref name="diaz">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.</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>"Community of Science – Company Background". Community of Science, Inc. 1997. Archived from the original on 7 June 1997.</ref>

Databases

• Community of Science Expertise
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords<ref>Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-13-143931-4.</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

The following organisations are subscribed:

• Association of Commonwealth Universities<ref>Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-85142-462-7.</ref>

See also

• List of funding opportunity databases