This looks like a very impressive resource - covering a wide range of 
funding sources worldwide.  All countries, all subjects.  I haven't 
used it in anger yet so I can't judge the indexing or interface.  
Unfortunately it is only available to subscribers, but you can 
request trial access.  

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Date:          04 Sep 98 16:45:00 GMT
From:          "Sue Keehn"<[log in to unmask]>
Subject:       COS Funding Opportunities Update

Community of Science, Inc. (COS) has just released a new 
version of COS Funding Opportunities. This database, which 
contains over 14,000 opportunities, is the largest database of 
pre-award funding information on the World Wide Web. The 
most recent features along with its comprehensiveness make 
COS Funding Opportunities the single most powerful identifier 
of funding opportunities worldwide.

WORLD MAP INTERFACE

We have added a map interface to COS Funding Opportunities. 
Select "Search by country" from the home page 
(http://fundingopps.cos.com). Click on a continent and a list of 
countries in that continent appears.  When you choose a specific 
country you are presented with a customized home page for that 
country.  Each country's page includes the following options: 

Funding for citizens of that country
Funding to be conducted in that country
Search for funding worldwide

When you search for funding for citizens of a particular country, 
the citizenship requirements are automatically set to that country.  
You may also select unrestricted or unspecified citizenship.

When you search for funding to be conducted in a particular country, 
the activity location field is automatically set to that country.  Several 
other options are available to select including unrestricted and/or 
unspecified location.

You may also choose sub-entitities and super-entities of that country.   
Sub-entities refer to any locations that are a part of the larger entity 
selected. Super-entities refer to larger geographic or political groupings 
that the specified location might be a part of. For example, if you 
choose Canada as an activity location, sub-entities would include all 
the individual provinces. Conversely if you select super-entities, 
North America and other NATO countries will be included in the 
search.

ENHANCED KEYWORD BROWSER

The new keyword browser provides you with direct access to the 
COS controlled keywords used to index each funding opportunity. 
The new browser can be accessed in two different ways:

>From the COS Funding Opportunities home page at 
http://fundingopps2.cos.com/ you may select "Main search" which 
takes you to the search interface. Scroll briefly to "Keywords" and 
select the Browse button. A new window will open which contains 
twelve major discipline headings. To include a top level heading in 
your search, simply click on that heading. To view the subcategories 
under a major discipline heading, click on the folder to the left. The 
subcategories appear in red.  You will notice that you can break down 
some of these subcategories even further. To select any keyword, click 
on it and it will automatically be added to the main search interface.

The second way to access the keyword browser is to select the "Search 
by Keyword" option from the home page. This allows you to open the 
browser window directly. Keywords are selected just as described above, 
and are dropped automatically into the main search interface.

We have also included a search box within the keyword browser. If you 
are uncertain where in the keyword hierarchy to look for your term, simply 
type your term in the "Search" field. If the keyword is in the 
browser you will be referred to the appropriate location(s) within 
the hierarchy. You can then select the desired term in the lower 
frame to add it to the main search interface.

Sue Keehn
Director, University and College Relations
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Frank Norman                 National Institute for Medical Research
Deputy Librarian             The Ridgeway, Mill Hill
                             London NW7 1AA,  UK
tel 0181 959 3666 ext 2380   email [log in to unmask]
fax 0181 913 8534            http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/personal/Frank



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