Finding Experts
The bad news: There is no central repository of experts.
Encyclopedia of Associations [NYU-Only]
Use this resource to identify organizations that deal with your topic.
NOTE: Sometimes individual associations will have their own databases of experts in the field.
ProfNet [Free; Registration Required]
Designed with journalists in mind, you can search this network of 25,000 experts.
Subject-Specific Article Databases [NYU-Only]
Search a subject-specific database to find out which academics are writing about your topic. Subject-specific databases such as PsycINFO are very scholarly in nature and contain articles by academic experts in a field.
Two subject-specific databases that are freely available to the public are:
- ERIC
This is *the* education database. Sponsored by the US Dept of Education, Institute for Education Sciences. - PubMed
Great for medical topics. A service of the US National Medical Library and the National Institutes of Health.
For Science and Medical Experts
- Authoratory.com
Find experts in the specific areas of life-sciences, including chemistry, biology and medicine. (Site pulls its data by analyzing articles and authors in PubMed.) Still under development. Read more about Authoratory
- Media Resource Service
A non-profit service that has served as a bridge between science and the media since 1980. Journalists can call or email and get help at no charge in locating expert sources of information on science and technology.
- American Men and Women of Science [NYU Only]
” biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological and related sciences”. Includes contact info.
