Accelerating Global Science Access WorldWideScience.org's Combination of Search, Translations, and Multimedia Technologies N^Walter L. WarnickU.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Germantown, Maryland, USA.MWalter. Warnick@science.doe.gov

摘要

WorldWideScience.org (WWS.org) is a global science gateway governed by the WorldWide-Science Alliance, with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) acting as the Operating Agent. WWS.org provides a simultaneous live search of more than 70 scientific and technical databases from government and government-sanctioned organizations representing 71 countries. From its inception in 2007, WWS.org has been at the forefront of transformational technologies, including, since June 2010, the first use of federated searching in conjunction with real-time translations capability for nine of the world's most widely spoken languages. This paper briefly reviews the history of the development of WWS.org and discusses several new features and technologies to be launched in June 2011, including the addition of Arabic to the WWS.org multilingual translations capability, expanded multimedia search functionality, and introduction of innovative mobile access. These ground-breaking technological advances will further increase WWS.org's ability to accelerate scientific discovery throughout the world.