Scientific and Technic Information

Fitting Context, Needs and Wisdom

Being conscious of the ContextBeing conscious of the use / needsBeing conscious of the needed skills

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Information MarketMarket dimension and growth 2.3bn $1,000,000.004,5%

Two Digits: ElsevierInformaSpringerThomson Operating ProfitElsevier 33%Informa - 32%Thomsom 27,2%

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Political Side

ISI versusElsevier

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Information Seeking Behavior (Pinelli) EngineersQuick answersOriented to a Mission Solve problemsConfined informationGatekeepersVendors Informal channels

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Exploring the Information resources Scientistsup-to-dateCoverageGlobalmultidisciplinaryInvisible academiaFormal channels

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Proficiency Researchers should be be proficient in information skills Researchers level of information literacy should be high: To be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information

RIN research: matching perceptions

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1st Mistake

Resources scope:Follow the leader

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2nd Mistake

Lack of investment in Information Systems discoveringWhat can I get from this?How can I get?

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Exploring the information resources

Search Strategies

Bolean operatorsAnd Or NotWildcard, for a single characterCol?or retrieves color and colourTruncationsul*ate returns sulphate or sulfatewords that begin with the same letters. comput* returns computer, computers, computerize, computerizationStemming active or not activeProximitySolar NEAR energyControlled versus Natural LanguageThesaurus and classifcations usageLimitBy dateBy document type By languageBy treatment type: applications; Literature Review; Theoretical

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Exploring the information resources

Value added Services

Full-text accessBrowse indexesSearch historySelect recordsMy profileMy AlertsDated updatesData exportAutomatic ClusteringCitation Tracking

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3rd Mistake

Undervalue (in practice) information resources diversity

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Information Resources Diversity

By nature of contentDatabases (metadata)Eivillage (specialized by subject)Dissertations & Thesis (specialized by document type)Derwent (specialized by document type: Intellectual Property)Scopus / Web of Science (general)Digital Libraries (full-text)IEEE (by publisher)CRC Telecommunications (by content: ebooks)Numerical data (statistics)InfolineTechnical documentsSpecs&Standards (metadata)NTRS Nasa Technical Reports Server

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4th Mistake

Undervalue the information need clarification

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Searching Path

Search equation

Literature ReviewRefine searchApproachAppropriated document typeJournalsDissertations and ThesesHandbooksMonographsState of the ArtPatentsStandardsReportsRefine searchApproachUpdatingRefine SearchAlertsCitation tracking

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To go further other debates..

SerendipityOpen AccessRankingsInformation manifestationeScience

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