context ict

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%



Political Side

ISI versusElsevier

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



Exploring the Information resources Scientistsup-to-dateCoverageGlobalmultidisciplinaryInvisible academiaFormal channels



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



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?



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



Exploring the information resources

Value added Services

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



3rd Mistake

Undervalue (in practice) information resources diversity



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



4th Mistake

Undervalue the information need clarification



Searching Path

Search equation

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



To go further other debates..

SerendipityOpen AccessRankingsInformation manifestationeScience

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