An information storage and retrieval system, designed for use on a minicomputer, was created to access an office collection of articles and reports on the topic of hail. Search capabilities of the system include author, keyword-in-title, year, subject, and location. Software description and suggestions concerning the input of information are detailed with the intent to encourage researchers to design systems for personal use.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.