Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

WorldWideScience Alliance


Description

WorldWideScience.org provide a simultaneous search of over 100 national and international scientific databases containing more than 500 million pages of information. WorldWideScience.org allows users to find the precise information they need, via a single search, without having to know the scope of any particular national database. Offering multilingual translations of both queries and search results in 10 different languages, WorldWideScience.org's coverage includes multimedia materials and scientific and research data and software. The WorldWideScience Alliance provides the multilateral governance structure, and the Alliance membership consists of WorldWideScience.org source owners and sponsors.

Project website

https://worldwidescience.org/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C7. E-science 2019
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • Canada
  • China
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Korea (Rep. of)
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2006

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women
  • Remote and rural communities
  • Researchers and scientists around the world

WSIS values promotion

WorldWideScience.org promotes free access to scientific and technical information to people around the world.


Entity name

WorldWideScience Alliance (WWS)

Entity country—type

United States of America International Organization

Entity website

https://worldwidescience.org

Partners

British Library, National Research Council - Canada, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, German Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Science.gov Alliance, Library of Congress, International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, International Atomic Energy Agency/International Nuclear Information System