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Electronic Books for Biomedical Information
No full textElectronic books and other content have increased in popularity in recent years, partially due to releases of user-friendly electronic readers. Biomedical content lends itself especially well to electronic format. This article will review NetLibrary® and Thieme E-Book Library, two electronic content providers, for their search interface, electronic content usability, and biomedical content
Diabetes UK
No full textDiabetes UK is the operating name of the British Diabetic Association, the largest organization in the UK working for people with diabetes. The goals of the organization are funding research, advocacy, and helping people live with diabetes. The Diabetes UK Web site helps health consumers find authoritative, reliable information about the condition, the organization, research efforts, and opportunities for getting involved. Highlights include the Guide to Diabetes, with information about living with and managing the condition, and opportunities to connect with and learn about others affected by the condition
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Teaching and Learning Together: Situating Information Literacy in the Library Social Services Landscape of Practice Through Online Scenario-Game-Based Training
No full textA scoping literature review and a qualitative case study were conducted in this dissertation research to explore formal information literacy instruction and professional development for librarians and social workers in the context of library social services. This research provides avenues for increasing understanding about how each is prepared to provide mental health and social service information and resources in public libraries.The scoping literature review was conducted on 19 studies published since 2002 focusing on librarians’ roles in information literacy instruction in social worker education. Articles were reviewed according to published Scoping Review guidelines. Trends were described regarding instructional and technological characteristics, research design, and outcomes. Findings indicate a need for further research on information literacy training to guide librarians in delivering information literacy training to support social workers’ use of research for practice. The qualitative case study explored librarians’ and social workers’ experiences in an online scenario-game-based training program for Responsive Librarianship, a model for the delivery of personalized library services in response to a health or wellness concern. Analysis was conducted using the Community of Practice for Blended Learning Model to determine how participants’ responses to course design and activities related to community of practice characteristics. Findings of this study explain the role that scenario-game-based training plays in developing Responsive Librarianship skills through authentic cases and problem-solving opportunities in a safe environment for practice. There has been little research pertaining to situated information literacy in the landscapes of practice of social services in libraries. The contributions of the two studies in this dissertation are projected to help librarians and social workers design and develop information literacy instruction that prepares social workers for library social work practice and supports both librarians and social workers providing social services in libraries. Responsive Librarianship training using scenario-game-based training in an online interprofessional community of practice is a way to bridge academic information literacy instruction with what is needed for the workplace
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Consumer Health Complete: A Review
No full textEBSCO\u27s Consumer Health Complete™ is a database of health information resources for consumers. It provides access to reputable, high-quality resources targeted to patients and their families. The database enables users to browse content in multiple ways and offers support for terminology that may be unfamiliar to them. Consumer Health Complete is a valuable resource for librarians or health educators to use with patients
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