<s>
WorldWideScience.org	O
is	O
a	O
global	O
science	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
(	O
Academic	B-Library
databases	I-Library
and	I-Library
search	I-Library
engines	I-Library
)	O
designed	O
to	O
accelerate	O
scientific	O
discovery	O
and	O
progress	O
by	O
accelerating	O
the	O
sharing	O
of	O
scientific	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
a	O
multilateral	O
partnership	O
,	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
enables	O
anyone	O
with	O
internet	O
access	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
single-query	O
search	O
of	O
national	O
scientific	O
databases	O
and	O
portals	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
70	O
countries	O
,	O
covering	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
inhabited	O
continents	O
and	O
over	O
three-quarters	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
population	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
perspective	O
,	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
makes	O
the	O
databases	O
act	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
a	O
unified	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldWideScience.org	O
implements	O
federated	B-Operating_System
searching	I-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
its	O
coverage	O
of	O
global	O
science	O
and	O
research	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federated	B-Operating_System
searching	I-Operating_System
technology	O
allows	O
the	O
information	O
patron	O
to	O
search	O
multiple	O
data	O
sources	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
query	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
simultaneous	O
access	O
to	O
"	O
deep	O
web	O
"	O
scientific	O
databases	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
typically	O
not	O
searchable	B-Application
by	O
commercial	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
implemented	O
multilingual	O
translations	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
,	O
Multilingual	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
offers	O
the	O
user	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
search	O
across	O
databases	O
in	O
ten	O
languages	O
and	O
then	O
have	O
the	O
results	O
translated	O
into	O
their	O
preferred	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldWideScience.org	O
provides	O
science	O
search	O
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
features	O
and	O
abilities	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
officially	O
named	O
"	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
 "	O
,	O
the	O
gateway	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Energy	O
's	O
Office	O
of	O
Scientific	O
and	O
Technical	O
Information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
has	O
enjoyed	O
tremendous	O
growth	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
searched	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
countries	O
participating	O
as	O
information	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
search	O
of	O
WorldWideScience.org	O
includes	O
a	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
contribution	O
,	O
Science.gov,	O
which	O
tends	O
to	O
return	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WorldWideScience	B-Application
Alliance	O
has	O
an	O
international	O
membership	O
,	O
including	O
CISTI	O
(	O
Canada	O
)	O
,	O
ISTIC	O
(	O
China	O
)	O
,	O
VTT	O
(	O
Finland	O
)	O
,	O
INIST	O
(	O
France	O
)	O
,	O
INASP	O
,	O
International	O
Nuclear	O
Information	O
System	O
(	O
INIS	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
TIB	O
(	O
Germany	O
)	O
,	O
JST	O
(	O
Japan	O
)	O
,	O
KISTI	O
(	O
Korea	O
)	O
,	O
Health	O
Service	O
Executive	O
(	O
HSE	O
)	O
(	O
Ireland	O
)	O
,	O
SciELO	B-Library
(	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Chile	O
,	O
Colombia	O
,	O
Cuba	O
,	O
Mexico	O
,	O
Portugal	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
Venezuela	O
)	O
,	O
CSIR	O
(	O
South	O
Africa	O
)	O
,	O
British	O
Library	O
,	O
Science.gov	B-Application
(	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
,	O
African	O
Journals	O
OnLine	O
,	O
and	O
ICSTI	O
.	O
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