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88 Name of system INT Scirus Website www.scirus.com Commissioner Elsevier BV, The Netherlands System operator Elsevier BV, The Netherlands Type of organisation Scientifi c publisher System description Context Elsevier Science is the world’s largest scientifi c, technical and medical information provider, publishing journals as well as books and secondary databases. Elsevier Science is part of the Reed Elsevier plc group, providing information solutions to professional end users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a delivery method. As part of Elsevier’s electronic information solutions, Elsevier Science launched Scirus on April 1, 2001. Description of the information system Scirus is a comprehensive science-specifi c search engine that enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientifi c information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and fi nd reports and articles quickly and easily. Scirus covers more than 167 million pages from two different sources: journal sources and Web sources. Journal sources are generally peer-reviewed and may require a subscription or online registration. Web sources are usually freely accessible and drawn from Internet sites and Web pages including university sites, society homepages, scientists’ homepages, news pages, conference info, patent information, e-prints/preprints, company homepages and product information. The journals include a wealth of reputed scientifi c journals on energy issues. Scirus has won several prestigious international awards for search engines and web pages. Since April 2001, its popularity has been growing to more than 1 million unique users per month generating over 4.5 million page views. Scirus has sophisticated search features and search tips. Once a searcher gets results, Scirus suggests a list of focus options to further refi ne the search. Scirus goes deeper than the fi rst two levels of a website. For example: when searching for ‘CORDIS’ and ‘wind turbine’, Scirus fi nds result lists of CORDIS searches with the keyword ‘wind turbine’. Content Scirus covers a wide range of scientifi c subject areas, one of them being ‘Engineering, Energy and Technology’. Search with keyword energy results in 1 300 000 references to journals and 5 600 000 references to web pages. Basic features Functions/info provided Partner search Funding possibilities Energy RTD programmes ✓ Running energy RTD ✓ Energy RTD results Energy RTD policy Policy assessments ✓ Other: scientifi c literature Additional services: Search engine, search tips, advertising, toolbar, news subscription, user feedback, website submission. Targeted users Industry/federations ✓ RTD organisations Policy organisations ✓ Research networks Level of detail Scirus generates results lists that link to the original freely available web sources or to abstracts of journal sources (for which full reports and articles may require a subscription). RTD focus ✓ Fundamental research ✓ Industrial/applied res. ✓ Socio-econ. research ✓ Demonstration Frequency of update Regularly updated. Links to other systems Scirus does not link to other systems but uses them (for example: Scirus searches in the US Patent Offi ce info system). Geographical scope Regional National European ✓ International Languages English. Access to the system ✓ Free of charge Registered ✓ Subscription Payment per item Remarks Scirus is a powerful tool to locate scientifi c information on the Web. Scirus has grown over 3½ year to about 1 million unique users per month and has won several awards as a speciality search engine. Scirus focuses on RTD in general; it can be used to locate energy RTD by defi ning appropriate keywords. Scirus is professionally managed, has powerful search features, is user friendly, and is reputed for the quality of its sources and results lists.
Name of system INT WIRE Energy RTD Information Systems in the ERA Website http://wire0.ises.org/ Commissioner International Solar Energy Society - ISES Freiburg, Germany System operator Same Type of organisation Policy organisation System description Context The World-wide Information System for Renewable Energy (WIRE) was installed by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) in 1995. The system is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It’s aim is formulated as follows: ‘to create, through the application of information technology, and through the use of the international infrastructure, partner organisations and vast network of expertise of ISES, an information source of great qualitative value, accessible to all persons and organisations pursuing the advancement of renewable energy worldwide’. ISES is a UN-accredited NGO, present in more than 50 countries, with the aim to supports its members in the advancement of renewable energy technology, implementation and education. Description of the information system The WIRE information system is set up in a number of separate modules (including the following: buildings, conferences, market place, components, research, statistics, white papers, news, literature, images, educational, organisations and discussions) that can each be searched in a number of ways, depending on the module in question. In most modules, at least the following search categories are available: by date, author, title, category, technology, type and by keyword. The information system contains a large number of entries in each of the modules, the search engine of the systems allows for a specifi c search in a selection of modules and categories (including geographical scope) which allows for targeted search possibilities. Content In the WIRE database, information on energy technologies is included in the following categories: - Renewable Energy in Buildings - Indirect Solar Technology/applications - Policy and Programmes - Developing Countries - Direct Solar Collector Technology - Storage and Fuels - Direct Solar Systems and Applications - Marketing and Commercialisation - Environmental and Social Impact - Resource assessment education and information exchange Basic features Functions/info provided ✓ Partner search Funding possibilities Energy RTD programmes Running energy RTD ✓ Energy RTD results ✓ Energy RTD policy ✓ Policy assessments Other: … Additional services: Search engine, targeted information supply on basis of user profi le. Targeted users Industry/federations ✓ RTD organisations ✓ Policy organisations Research networks Level of detail Detailed information available on projects, most database entries furthermore include links to dedicated websites for further details. RTD focus Fundamental research ✓ Industrial/applied res. ✓ Socio-econ. research ✓ Demonstration Frequency of update Updated regularly (e.g. approx. 2 news updates per week). Links to other systems Contains numerous links to organisations, events, other information sources. Geographical scope Regional ✓ National European ✓ International Languages All information available in English only. Access to the system ✓ Free of charge ✓ Registered Subscription Payment per item Remarks Database with information on renewable energy, with a focus on solar energy options. Accessible with or without registered user profi le. Registered users are provided with information targeted to their needs and can include contributions to the database themselves. Well-structured set up, layout and search engine allow for targeted information search. The large amount of modules sometimes leads to a reduced clarity of structure. 89
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