Science.gov 5.0

New content and features are part of the latest upgrade to Science.gov, a gateway site for government science information. The changes are described in the 15 September press release from the Energy Department, which manages the cross-agency resource. Science.gov Product Manager (and DGI board member!) Valerie Allen also describes the changes in her OSTIblog post, Introducing Science.gov 5.0. OSTI is the Energy Department's Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

What's new?

• Seven new deep web databases have been included: Cancer.gov, DOEpatents, DOE R&D Accomplishments Database, Eprint Network, HSDB - Hazardous Substances Databank, PubMed Central, and TOXLINE - Toxicology Bibliographic Information. (See the full list.)
• Search results are now also grouped by subtopic and date.
• The results page includes related content from AAAS EurekAlert! Science News and Wikipedia.
• RSS feeds will be added to the email delivery option for alerts. (The alerts feature was not available this week; check Science.gov for progress on this feature.)

The new look is similar to that introduced on the WorldWideScience.org and DTIC Online web databases.