information research

DOE Patents Database – What’s In It For You?

Posted on October 20, 2008. Filed under: US Dept. of Energy, information research, intellectual property, technology transfer | Tags: |

In a June 7th, 2008 post about the US Department of Energy’s “Science Accelerator”, I briefly mentioned DOepatents.  Here’s a bit more detail. 
DOepatents is a searchable database of patent information resulting from DOE-sponsored research and development.  Currently the database contains approximately 20,000 patent records from the 1940s to present, providing a good overview of the [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

U.S. Department of Energy Offers More Info Access

Posted on July 27, 2008. Filed under: US Dept. of Energy, information research | Tags: , |

DOE’s “Data Explorer” for scientific research data is a relatively new information service offered by the Department of Energy.   To learn more take a look at – http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/index.html.
As a research librarian, my experience is that “data” can be the most highly useful information for scientists and other technical staff, and can also be the most difficut [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Science Accelerator – searchable scientific & technical resources

Posted on June 7, 2008. Filed under: US Dept. of Energy, information research, intellectual property | Tags: |

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has added another resource for those interested in searching sci/tech information – especially research coming from the Department of Energy and related programs.   Using this “federated search” interface, you can search across all or any of the following databases:  DOE Information Bridge, DOE [...]

Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )

Liked it here?
Why not try sites on the blogroll...