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National Research Foundation Information Services and Advice (ISA) Current and Completed Research Project Database Demo

Information Services and Advice (ISA): 

Information Services and Advice (ISA) ISA Objectives are: To facilitate the creation, production and utilisation of new knowledge To develop and maintain content resources to ensure accessibility of knowledge To preserve the corporate memory of the organisation (NRF) To facilitate the development and utilisation of networks for knowledge sharing, learning and transfer

Information Services and Advice (ISA): 

Information Services and Advice (ISA) Information Products South African Data Archive (SADA) Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Nexus Database System Current and Completed Research Projects

Data Sources : SADA & ICPSR: 

Data Sources : SADA & ICPSR South African Data Archive (SADA) Serves as a broker between a range of data providers (e.g. statistical agencies, government departments, opinion and market research companies and academic institutions) and the research community Preserve data for future use and safeguards datasets and related documentation Make its collection as easily accessible as possible for research and educational purposes Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) SADA through its national membership with the ICPSR, gives researchers and students in South Africa access to the world's largest data archive of computerised social science data. All academic institutions and non-profit research organisations are eligible for membership in ICPSR.

Nexus Database System www.nrf.ac.za/nexus: 

Nexus Database System www.nrf.ac.za/nexus

Benefits of the Project Database: 

Benefits of the Project Database Facilitate access to bibliographic information on grey literature e.g. dissertations, theses and research projects Assist students with the Identification of gaps in a research field Consultation of similar studies to assist with research methodology Identification of recommended research included in the theses or dissertations that provides opportunities for further investigations Evaluation and analysis of completed studies in order to arrive at new solutions, policies, etc. (Literature reviews) Provide information to identify experts in a specific field of study Stimulate research in neglected areas Encourage networking and collaboration between researchers Facilitate research capacity development Facilitate informed decision making and strategic management

Nexus Database System www.nrf.ac.za/nexus: 

Nexus Database System www.nrf.ac.za/nexus

Advanced Search Interface: 

Advanced Search Interface

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Full Record

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Select records Select Records

Browse, Print and Save Results: 

Browse, Print and Save Results Browse and Print per Set as Displayed Print per Displayed Set with the Browser’s File/Print Facility Browse and Save per Set as Displayed Use Browser’s File/Save as and save the Displayed set c:/my documents/filename.txt Browse, Print and Save Selected Records Select records Click on the “Display selected records” Button Browse, print and save per Set as Displayed (selection)

E-mail Results: 

E-mail Results E-mail Search Results (whole set) Use the E-mail Facility to e-mail the whole set as retrieved Complete the “From” entry box Enable System Administrator to direct results to the correct person Use Browser’s File/Save as and save the set c:/my documents/filename.txt [Important for “funny text” with e-mail facility] MAPPI compliancy. Solution save Results as [filename.txt] E-mail Search Results (selected records) Select records Click on the “Display Selected Records” button E-mail whole set of selected records

How to Formulate Search Strategies: 

How to Formulate Search Strategies

Search Techniques: 

Search Techniques Boolean Logic defines logical relationships between terms in a query. The Boolean search operators are: And Or Not

And Operator: 

And Operator Find: A and B The And operator combines search terms so that each search result contains all the terms. For example, type HIV and education to find articles that contain both “HIV” and “education”.

Or Operator: 

Or Operator Find: A or B The Or operator combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, type college or university to find results that contain either “college” or “university”.

Not Operator: 

Not Operator Find: A not B The Not operator excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow the Not operator. For example, type HIV not education to find results that contain the term “HIV” but not the term “education”.

Adj Operator: 

Adj Operator Find: A adjacent B The adj proximity search operator is similar to the AND Boolean operator but finds records with the terms adjacent to each other. For example child adj abuse will finds child adjacent to abuse.

Wildcards and Truncation: 

Wildcards and Truncation A question mark (?) stands for a single unknown character. An asterisk (*) stands for any number of unknown characters or no characters. These symbols can be used at any position in a search term, or in more than one place at the same time

Wildcards and Truncation: 

Wildcards and Truncation

Formulate a Search Strategy: 

Formulate a Search Strategy This process includes: Step 1: The analysis of a search topic into single concepts Step 2: The planning approaches in order to determine the relationships between the concepts and then to combine the single concepts using Boolean and proximity operators

Identify Concepts: 

Identify Concepts Step 1 Topic: Psychological aspects of child abuse Identify and analyze concepts Establish relevant keywords for each concept – Knowledge of Subject Area - Thesaurus child, children, youngster, juvenile, toddler, teenager abuse, abuses, abused, molesting, maltreat, neglect psychology, psychological

Construct Search Logically: 

Construct Search Logically Step 2 Combining concepts [relationships] and use of truncation Child* or young* or toddler* or teenage* or juvenile* or youth Abuse* or molest* or maltreat* or neglect* psycholog*

Combine Three Concepts: 

Combine Three Concepts Combining concepts [relationships] logically, the same as for mathematical functions (2x3)+(4÷2)+(1+2)=11 ((child* or young* or toddler* or teenage* or juvenile* or youth*) and (abuse* or molest* or maltreat* or neglect*)) and (psycholog*)

Input into Retrieval System: 

Input into Retrieval System To formulate a search statement (step 1 & 2) analyze and identify concepts establish keywords for concepts define relationships and combine logically identify searchable fields (step 3) enter search strategy (step 4)

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Records Displayed

Limit a Topic by Discipline: 

Limit a Topic by Discipline ((child* or young* or toddler* or teenage* or juvenile* or youth*) and (abuse* or molest* or maltreat* or neglect*)) and (psycholog*) Psychology define the topic ‘child abuse’ to a specific discipline How to limit your topic search by discipline?

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Presentations

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