Community of Science

Community of Science (COS) is 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

COS was founded in 1988 by Johns Hopkins University.^[2][3][4][5]

The COS databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/,^[6][7] on the webserver of the GDB Human Genome Database.^[8] COS was also accessible via U.S. Department of Agriculture CRIS, National Science Foundation, and Department of Health and Human Services.^[7]

As of 1997^[update] the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.^[9]

Databases

• COS Expertise
• COS Funding Opportunities - categorised according to a standardised list of keywords^[10]

Canadian editions of these databases also existed.^[4]

Services

• COS Funding Alert
• COS Funding News - published biweekly

Access

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following organisations are subscribed:

• Association of Commonwealth Universities^[11]

See also

• List of funding opportunity databases

References

1. ^ National Research Council (2010). Data on federal research and development investments: a pathway to modernization. National Academies Press. p. 66. ISBN 0309145236. 
2. ^ "Community of Science Announces Partnership with San Diego Supercomputer Center". San Diego Supercomputer Center. 22 November 1999. http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR112299.html. 
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ ^{a b} Jimin He (1998). Internet resources for engineers. Elsevier. p. 153,155–6. ISBN 0750689498. 
5. ^ "Une plate-forme géante". La Recherche. http://www.larecherche.fr/content/recherche/article?id=15217. 
6. ^ [http://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 0789003589. 
8. ^ [2]
9. ^ "Community of Science - Company Background". Community of Science, Inc.. 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/19970607165332/cos.gdb.org/work/info/backgrounder.html. 
10. ^ Mohit Bhandari, Anders Joensson (2009). Clinical Research for Surgeons. Thieme. p. 34. ISBN 3131439319. 
11. ^ Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert (2003). Finding information in science, technology, and medicine. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0851424627. 

External links

• Official website