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Search Engine Optimization for the Research Librarian: A Case Study Using the Bibliography of U.S. Latina Lesbian History and Culture
No full textHigher website rank among search engine results is correlated with higher site visit numbers: studies have repeatedly demonstrated how important it is to a site’s visibility and popularity to appear in the first page of search results for a given query. Librarians and researchers, long seen as creators and providers of high-quality content, now see our own web-based materials in direct competition for the higher-ranked slots for many keyword searches. For certain areas of research, sexuality studies in particular, websites with relevant informational or scholarly content have been nudged out of the top rankings by content that is not only unrelated to a variety of search term combinations, but quite often consists of explicit pornography, and nowhere is this more obvious than in ethnic lesbian studies. It is therefore necessary for scholars and librarians who put ethnic lesbian sexuality studies content on the web to assign high quality metadata and to format their content appropriately in order to receive a visible rank in search engine results for these sexuality studies research keywords. This case study investigates how librarians and other researchers can prepare online bibliographies to take advantage of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and therefore see enhanced visibility for these resources in search engine results, using the author’s Bibliography of U.S. Latina Lesbian History and Culture as an example. Search engine optimization techniques were applied to the bibliography and significant improvements in site visibility in Google searches for targeted keywords were observed. The author recommends that all librarians who prepare content for the web learn about search engine optimization and take it into account when preparing material for the web.This article, (c) by the author, was published in Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal of the SLA Academic Division, and is available at http://journals.tdl.org/pal/index.php/pal/article/view/6971Peer reviewe
Menta ortense, Betonica, Melissa
No full text1. Nome scientifico: Mentha x gentilis L.
(Laminaceae, Labiatae)
Nome attuale: Menta
2. Nome scientifico: Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan
(Laminaceae, Labiatae)
Nome attuale: Erba betonica
3. Nome scientifico: Melissa officinalis L.
(Lamiaceae, Labiatae)
Nome attuale: Melissa, Citronella, Erba limon
A Ten Year Analysis of Dissertation Bibliographies from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the bibliography citations from dissertations submitted to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University from the ten-year period of 2003-2012. The objective of the analysis is to aid in collection development decisions,facilitate outreach to graduate students in the department and to understand possible changes in disciplinary methodologies and research needs in the field over the last decade.
Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive research design was used for the study. Bibliography citation data were extracted from all dissertations submitted to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese from the period 2003-2012. Statistical analysis was performed on the collected citation data, and conclusions were drawn from the results.
Findings – The study demonstrates that, despite the oft-mentioned “decline of the monograph”, the monograph remains very heavily used by PhD students in Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University, and that monographs continue to be cited at significantly higher rates and for longer periods than journal articles. This holds true for the humanities dissertations in Spanish literature as well as social science dissertations in Spanish linguistics. The study further finds that open access journals in Spanish literature are cited more frequently than closed access journals.
Practical implications – The findings suggest that it is more user-responsive to allocate retrospective collections funds for filling in monographic gaps than journal coverage gaps, as journal articles are cited less frequently and for shorter periods, while monographs are cited more frequently and for slightly longer periods after they are published. The findings also suggest that current monographic expenditures be maintained or augmented to continue serving current and future graduate student research needs in Spanish and Portuguese. Further, the large number of monograph chapters cited suggests that book chapter document delivery services could be an important addition to a library’s suite of services if it is not already provided.
Originality/value – This paper is the first analysis of Spanish and Portuguese dissertations conducted at Rutgers University and provides important contextual information for meeting the research needs of graduate students in the department through collection development and related services.Other research has documented that dissertation citation patterns are at least partially predictive of faculty citation patterns, making the findings of this study applicable to serving faculty research and collections needs in the department, as well. The findings are relevant to collection development, access services and librarian-department liaison relationships.This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - See more at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/writing/author_rights.htm?PHPSESSID=mbnk18gfsk19l52rkuk6esht34#sthash.8aRtOomm.dpufPeer reviewe
Facing the Future: the Changing Shape of Academic Skills Support at Bournemouth University
No full textThis paper explores the potential impact of changes to higher education in England on student expectations, engagement, lifestyles and diversity, and outlines implications for the development of digital literacy within academic skills support at Bournemouth University (BU). We will investigate how tackling resource constraints with organisational change can also enable efficient, centralised provision of support materials that utilise networks to overcome the risk of fragmented support for digital literacy. We will also look at how changing delivery modes for support can accommodate changing student lifestyles whilst tackling a weakness of centralised support for digital literacy: that it can become detached from the student’s subject-focused academic practice. Finally we will explore how involving students in developing support can help us to face changes to student expectations and engagement whilst ensuring that materials are authentic and speak to learners in their own voice
Melissa corre : Su un’epigrafe dall’Acropoli di Gela
No full textDurante gli scavi condotti nei primi anni Settanta del secolo scorso sul pendio settentrionale dell’Acropoli di Molino a Vento a Gela (CL) venne alla luce un piede di kylix attica, databile nel secondo quarto del V sec. a.C., con un’interessante iscrizione. Questa infatti recita, stando almeno alla maggior parte degli editori: «Melissa corre». L’allusione alla corsa e l’associazione con il nome femminile, Melissa, su cui si addensano numerose valenze semantiche, vengono qui discussi nel tentativo di fare un po' di luce sui nomima di Gela, di cui tanto poco sappiamo, in riferimento a un momento storico di grande fervore, quale è quello della tirannide dinomenide.The paper deals with an intriguing inscribed fragment, to be dated in the second quarter of the 5th Century BC, from the Acropolis of Molino a Vento in Gela (Sicily). It was unearthed by Graziella Fiorentini during the archaeological excavations carried out on the northern slope of the Acropolis in the early Seventies of the last century. According to most of the scholars, the inscription tells that «Melissa runs». The Author discusses the reference to a female race, in strong connection with the meaningful name of Melissa, in order to highlight something about the nomima of the Doric Gela, which are almost unknown
Cauda Equina, Melissa Moldavica flore albo, Panace Heracleo
No full text1. Nome scientifico: Equisetum arvense L.
(Equisetaceae)
Nome attuale: Coda di cavallo, Equiseto dei campi
2. Nome scientifico: Dracocephalum moldavica L.
(Lamiaceae, Labiatae)
Nome attuale: Melissa turca, M. della Moldavia
3. Nome scientifico: Heracleum sphondylium L.
(Apiaceae, Umbelliferae)
Nome attuale: Sedano dei prat
Melissa officinalis and Passiflora caerulea infusion as physiological stress decreaser
No full textRivera, C (reprint author) Univ Talca, Fac Hlth Sci, Unit Histol & Embryol, Dept Basic Biomed Sci, Talca, ChileThe objective of this study was to determine the effect of a Melissa officinalis and Passiflora caerulea infusion on the severity of physiological chronic stress induced by movement restriction in CF-1 mice. 40 CF-1 male mice, six weeks of age, were divided into 4 groups (n = 10 for each group): (1) Group RS/MP received two treatments, induced stress through movement restriction and a infusion of Melissa officinalis and Passiflora caerulea in a dose of 200 mg/kg, (2) RS group with induced stress using movement restriction, (3) MP group, which received only a infusion, and (4) a CONTROL group that received no treatment. The severity of the stress was obtained by analysis of the physical parameters of body weight, thymus and spleen, and associated biomarkers with stress, corticosterone, and glucose. Animals that consumed Melissa officinalis and Passiflora caerulea infusion had lower plasma corticosterone levels (Student's t test, Welch, p = 0.05), which is the most important biomarker associated with physiological stress, demonstrating a phytotherapy effect
Special Collections, Primary Resources, and Information Literacy Pedagogy
No full textLiterature suggests that teaching Information Literacy (IL) as an intellectual framework, rather than a set of computer-based tools, can be challenging for numerous reasons. At the same time, other articles describe the unique value of using hands-on investigations of special collections materials to facilitate the development of critical thinking skills and IL in discipline-specific contexts for upper-level students. This article reports on a collaboration between an IL instructor and a special collections librarian to create a hands-on special collections experience for entry-level IL students. We found that exposing these students to these materials can improve their IL and research skills. We explain our methods for designing and assessing such class sessions, and report on our results with students
Can U B A Can Writer? Child Abuse and Neglect: Identikit of the Model Author
No full textBackground: Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) represents a relatively young theme in the world of research. However, more than 50 000 manuscripts dealing with it have been published since its birth, classically considered the Kempe’s paper, “The battered child syndrome”, published in 1962. Such an amount of papers has allowed the blooming of knowledge, and more and more people got involved in understanding the phenomenon.
In the last few years, a decrease is observed in the interest this issue is able to evoke in the scientific community (measurable in the progressively lower number of manuscripts published). Identification of model contributors and estimation of prevalence of group and corporate authorship could represent a good tool to understand how to enhance the number of publications, considered as the currency of academic research.
Objective: Aim of the present study is to draw an identikit of the model researcher involved in investigating the issue of child abuse and neglect.
Method: A retrospective bibliometric analysis was carried out, utilizing the search engine of NIH, PubMed. The last 10-year literature (1995-2004) was explored and the quoted phrase “Child Abuse” was searched in all available manuscripts. Starting from retrieved papers, information on authors was collected. Particular attention was paid to affiliation, country of origin, preferences shown on country of publication, tendency to publish in groups or corporate authorships. Starting from the Web of Science, 50 most prolific investigators were studied for the number of citation they showed. A descriptive analysis was performed.
Results: The bibliographic research retrieved 7369 articles, with a total “horde” of 19075 authors. The main characteristic of average investigator is utilizing English as language of transmission of his/her knowledge (92.4%) and write alone (38% of manuscripts have a single author; mean 2.6 authors per paper, range 0-26; SD of 2). Moreover, the model researcher seems to look for journals published in English speaking countries. In fact, top five countries of publication are the US, the UK, Germany, Australia and Canada (85.8% English speaking, 2.9% German speaking). The trend is to choose traditional journals (or traditional plus e-publishing journals), instead of stand-alone e-publications (99.9% vs 0.1%). Authors show another clear tendency, i.e. to publish in their own homeland, or in a country with whom there is an historical of geographical cooperation (for example Canada and the US, India and England or Japan and Australia). Looking to the most prolific authors, the 1st one have published, during the considered interval period, 41 manuscripts creating his own CV starting moving on the “chessboard” of author’s position during years: 1st author in 10 manuscripts with 60% after 2001, and 2nd author in 23 manuscripts with 50% published after 2001. Further result on most cited authors will follow.
Conclusion: CAN seems to be an hot topic for single-author: in fact the at-a-glance picture of the published manuscripts in the considered interval period strongly highlight the scarce frequency of corporate authorships, and much more than multidisciplinary teams. A number of reflections on most prolific authors and leading investigators working-in-the-field can be drawn. The study has pointed out that both being able to speak in English and coming form the US increase the probability to be able to publish a paper on CAN. Is it a choice of authors or a protectionist policy of publishers
Human dimensions monitoring report 2010-2011
No full textcontributing authors: Thomas C. Swearingen, Ph.D. (Marine Reserves Human Dimensions Project Leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife), Cristen Don (Marine Reserves Program Leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife), Melissa Murphy (Former Socioeconomic Analyst, Marine Reserves Program, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife), Shannon Davis (The Research Group, Corvallis, Oregon), Hilary Polis (The Research Group, Corvallis, Oregon).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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