COMSTECH Scientific Literature Search Service

Comstech Scientific Literature Search Service

COMSTECH purchased scientific databases and started free Scientific Literature Search Service which continued to flourish during the past sixteen years (1999 to 2014) as COMSTECH received 14,206 requests from scientists and sent 30.665 GB (about 15 million pages) of scientific information to researchers in 20 member states of the OIC including People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam, Djibouti, Republic of Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Malaysia, Kingdom of Morocco, Republic of Mozambique, Sultanate of Oman, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Republic of Yemen.  COMSTECH invested US$42,691 during 2008-2010 to upgrade its databases and further improved this programme.

During the last four years, 2011 to 2014, 176 requests from Pakistan, Iraq and Jordan have been processed by providing 1.32 GB of data.