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The Research Centers and Services Directory is a comprehensive source of detailed information on over 37,000 organizations conducting research woldwide. It corresponds to the print Research Centers Directory family of publications: Research Centers Directory, which covers over 15,900 university-based and other nonprofit research facilities in the U.S. and Canada; International Research Centers Directory, which covers over 13,160 non-U.S. research organizations in approximately 160 countries; Government Research Directory, which covers more than 8,000 research units of the U.S. and Canadian federal governments. The Research Centers and Services Directory database provides full contact information and descriptions of university, independent nonprofit, government, and commercial research and development centers, institutes, laboratories, bureaus, test facilities, experiment stations, research parks, foundations, councils, and other organizations that support and conduct research worldwide.

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Research units in nearly every field of research activity are described. Organizations from Research Centers Directory are grouped into the following general categories (numbers refer to corresponding section heading codes:

• Agricultural, Food, and Veterinary Sciences (01)
• Astronomy and Space Sciences (04)
• Behavioral and Social Sciences (12)
• Biological and Environmental Sciences (02)
• Business and Economics (08)
• Computers and Mathematics (05)
• Education (13)
• Engineering and Technology (06)
• Government and Public Affairs (09)
• Humanities and Religion (14)
• Law (11)
• Labor and Industrial Relations (10)
• Medical and Health Sciences (03)
• Multidisciplinary Programs (16)
• Physical and Earth Sciences (07)
• Regional and Area Studies (15)
• Research Coordinating Offices and Research Parks (17)

Print Counterparts [top]

• Research Centers Directory
• International Research Centers Directory
• Government Research Directory

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Database Content [top]

• Directories

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available

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BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Abstracts may include Organization/Company Description, Research Activities/Research Description, Special Resources, and Publications and Services.

² Organization Names may include Institution Name, Research Center Name, Research Center Acronym, or Former or Alternate Name.

³ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

⁴ Also /DF.

⁵ Use (1N) when searching for Director or Officer Name in the Basic Index.

⁶ Searchable only in Research Centers Directory and GOVERNMENT RESEARCH DIRECTORY.

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