Scirus is a free, comprehensive science-specific Internet search engine. It
currently provides access to more than 200 million science-related Web pages. In
addition to offering access to general and specialized full-text journals,
e-print collections, reports, and abstracts, Scirus also incorporates access to
select company homepages, conference information, news pages, patents, product
information, scientists’ homepages, professional society homepages, and
university Web sites.
Scirus covers a variety of disciplines in the sciences, technology, and
social sciences, which include the agricultural and biological sciences;
astronomy; chemistry and chemical engineering; computer science; earth and
planetary sciences; economics, business and management; engineering, energy and
technology; environmental sciences; languages and linguistics; law; life
sciences; materials science; mathematics; medicine; neuroscience; pharmacology;
physics; psychology; social and behavioral sciences, and sociology.
Scirus has incorporated both subscription and open access scholarly
literature sources. Detailed information about these and other
sources is available
from the Scirus site.