Archive for March 2009
Research Blogging
Probably the only blogs portal which makes sense for Scientists, mainly because it promotes combination of blogs and peer-reviewed journals
A new search engine for retrieving biomedical images
Despite a very limited content, the concept of this engine is really promising:
http://krauthammerlab.med.yale.edu/imagefinder/Home.html
Further info on the Yale project:
http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/17/1968
100 world’s (mostly american indeed) top blogs on Health and Medicine
Among this list, I would recommend:
– In the pipeline
– ScienceRol
The Information “explosion”
“Scientists now read 25 per cent more articles from almost twice as many journals than they did six years ago“…
It is an ongoing challenge for them to keep up-to-date on research developments in their field, and identify relevant research to support their own studies without spending too much time gathering irrelevant information. One solution to this is a combination of accurate information sourcing and sharing, resulting in ‘collective intelligence’..
The full-article, mentioning the social bookmarking service 2collab, from Elsevier:
http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=179
3 Social bookmarking solutions for research Collaboration compared
A social bookmarking fan compared recently 3 of the great free tools: Zotero, Connotea (Nature) and 2Collab (Elsevier).
2Collab “is in many ways the best of the three“.
“The emphasis on collaboration makes 2collab more than just a place to store, categorize and manage your scholarly bookmarks. It is also easy to discover new research material, share and identify quality information and mine the collective wisdom of experts. You can also form discussions in private groups or openly with the wider scientific community.
You can add references easily by using a bookmarklet in your browser or importing them from your browser, another social bookmarking or bibliographical site (Scopus).
You can export references in different format. In addition, your library can be shared online with groups of colleagues.
http://www.pandia.com/sew/967-social-bookmarking-for-research-collaboration.html
SI: a definition
Althought scientific computing oriented, this article gave a good definition of what the concept of SI could be: “let’s coin a new phrase – science intelligence (SI). SI is close to a mirror image of business intelligence (BI). (…)The objective of SI is to conduct “smart” science that efficiently uses information resources to understand specific science domains and progress toward useful applications based on that understanding.”
Richard Hackathorn. Science Intelligence. Can a Business Intelligence Approach Enable “Smart” Science?. Information Management Magazine, August 1, 2005. Online:
http://www.information-management.com/issues/20050801/1032139-1.html
Scopus: a smart choice
Scopus is rated SMART CHOICE by Information World Review NetUser:
USABILITY: 4/5
SITE DESIGN: 4/5
INFORMATON DEPTH: 5/5
Scopus is an immensely useful resource that draws on a vast range of publications. Its search functionality is, for the main part, easy to use and requires no prior knowledge on the part of the user. While the Advanced Search option is a little trickier, it doesn’t take long to get used to, and the level of refinement it offers is worth making the effort. The ability to save searches and to receive updates are excellent time-saving features. All in all, Scopus is an invaluable tool for the serious researcher.
http://www.iwr.co.uk/pronetuser/scientific/scopus-refines-scientific-searching
