UPDATE: RefWorks-COS has recently launched COS Pivot which will eventually replace the Faculty Expertise Database and the COS Funding Opportunities Database. University of Pittsburgh faculty, staff, and students may access COS Pivot at http://pivot.cos.com. Users will be able to do some basic searching without logging in but may find it easier to perform searches if they have an account. Users with existing COS accounts can use those usernames and passwords. If a University of Pittsburgh user does not already have a COS account, they can easily create a COS Pivot account (Click on Log-in and then Log-in Help).

Information about the original Faculty Expertise Database and the other COS services, including the COS Funding Opportunities Database

• Fact Sheet on the University of Pittsburgh Faculty Expertise Database and the COS Expertise Database
  
  
• Add Your Profile to the Faculty Expertise Database | Use your COS Workbench to Update Your Faculty Expertise Profile
  
  
• Use your COS Workbench to Access and Review or Modify Your Individual COS Funding Alert (The Funding Alert service is available only if you have a COS account. If you do not have a COS account, press the JOIN button on the left side of the screen.)
  
  
• Search the University of Pittsburgh Faculty Expertise Database
  
  
• Search the comprehensive COS Expertise Database
  
  
• Search the COS Funding Opportunities Database
  
  
• COS Home Page - COS Services are listed along the top menu bar. (If you enter your COS username and password on the left side of the page, you will be able to access COS services such as the Funding Opportunities Database from any domain. You do not have to be using a computer in the pitt.edu or upmc.edu domains.)
  
  
• COS User Training
  
  

To obtain further information about the University of Pittsburgh's participation in COS, contact the University's liaison:          

Jan Schaffner
University Club, Lower Lobby
123 University Place
Office of Research
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412/624-7417
jks1@pitt.edu