Overview of content related to 'research'
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Research can be defined as the search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, with an open mind, to establish novel facts, usually using a scientific method. The primary purpose for basic research (as opposed to applied research) is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Research)
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Review of Where the Wild Things Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net |
Marylaine Block describes the construction of Where the Wild Things Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net. |
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Infopolecon |
John Lindsay comments on the evolution of the UK network infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
SOSIG: Training to Support Social Science Teaching and Research |
Lesly Huxley, the SOSIG Documentation and Training Officer, describes the workshops that SOSIG, one of the projects from the Access to Network Resource section, run. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
Mailbase: Unique Electronic Discussion List Service for UK Higher Education Tops 100,000 Users |
Morna Findlay and Elaine Blair report on the passing of a milestone for UK academia's premier Mailing List resource. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
An Investigation Into World Wide Web Search Engine Use from within the UK: Preliminary Findings |
Simon Stobart and Susan Kerridge give some of the preliminary results of a JISC- funded investigation into the use of Search Engines such as Alta Vista and Lycos within the UK. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
Catriona II |
Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources. CATRIONA II is a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the programme. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
Lessons Learned from Developing and Delivering the BORGES Information Filtering Tool |
Alan Smeaton discusses the development and implementation of BORGES, an information filtering service for WWW pages and USENET news. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
The BNBMARC Currency Survey |
Ann Chapman describes the BNBMARC Currency Survey, a performance measurement survey on the supply of bibliographic records. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
ILRT: The Institute for Learning and Research Technology |
Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
Access V Holdings, Cranfield |
Sarah Ashton reports on an event of interest to the Document Delivery community. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
Allerton 1996 |
Clare Davies reports on this years event in an annual conference series addressing user-centred aspects of library and information science. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
10th Annual Anglo-Nordic Seminar |
Kelly Russell from the eLib programme describes this seminar, which heavily featured speakers and current issues relevant to the UK digital libraries movement. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
Ticer Summer School on the Digital Library at Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
Robert van der Zwan describes a two week summer school in digital library developments at one of Europe's main research centres in this field. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
British Library Corner: Setting Priorities for Digital Library Research, The Beginnings of a Process? |
Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for proposals in the field of digital library research. |
November 1996, issue6, regular column |
OMNI-Corner: Meeting the Visible Human |
Sue Welsh reports from the Visible Human Project Conference of October 1996, an event that brought together many of the people involved with one of the most high profile Internet-based medical resources. |
November 1996, issue6, regular column |
Interface Miriam Drake: A Rainy Night in Georgia? |
The Library is still busy, as Miriam Drake explains to Alison Kilgour. |
November 1996, issue6, regular column |
