FW: Science.gov Version 4.0 Launched

["Debus-Lopez, Karl" <KDebus-Lopez@nal.usda.gov>]

FYI - This might be of interest to the list.

Karl E. Debus-Lopez, MLS, MRP
Head, Acquisitions and Serials Branch
and Chief Collection Development Officer
National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Research Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
e-mail: KDebus-Lopez@nal.usda.gov

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Science.gov Version 4.0 Launched

Science Search Is Now More "Relevant" than Ever

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
Cathey Daniels, (865) 576-9539

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 16, 2007

San Francisco - The latest version of Science.gov, launched 
today, deploys "DeepRank" which allows search and relevancy 
ranking across full text of documents, when full text is 
available. In addition, Science.gov 4.0 adds a "refine results" 
option to narrow returns within a search, as well as an "email 
results" feature so that individuals may email important science 
information to themselves, friends and family, or colleagues. 
Version 4.0 offers more ways to view search results: by title, 
author or date, as well as by relevancy rank or source, as in 
earlier versions.

"Once again, Science.gov has brought new features and new 
technology to the forefront for those who need science 
information quickly," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director, 
National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov 
Alliance. "You get a lot of search with just one query, and your 
results are more relevant than ever."

Tom Lahr, Deputy Associate Chief Biologist for Information, U.S. 
Geological Survey, and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance, 
noted that Version 4.0 will help citizens find the science 
information they need. "Already, Science.gov searches 
authoritative science information from 30 federal scientific 
databases and more than 1,800 science Web sites," said Lahr. "Now 
DeepRank, a more sophisticated ranking tool, will help return 
even more targeted results from these resources."

At Science.gov, a single query can be launched across more than 
50 million pages of science information and research results. 
Science.gov allows users to search the surface Web as well as the 
deep Web, where traditional search engines typically cannot go. 
The information is free and no registration is required.

Hosted by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information 
(OSTI, www.osti.gov), Science.gov is the gateway to reliable 
science and technology information from 16 organizations within 
12 federal science agencies.

Science.gov is made possible by members of the Science.gov 
Alliance: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, 
Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the Interior, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing 
Office, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the 
National Science Foundation, with support from the National 
Archives and Records Administration.

Science.gov is supported by CENDI (www.cendi.gov) an interagency 
working group of senior scientific and technical information 
managers from 12 U.S. federal agencies.

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