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Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi; Fazeeda Mohamad; Norwazli Abdul Wahab – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to review the application of social media for knowledge sharing (KS) in higher education. KS is the most crucial component in knowledge management. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are the epitome of knowledge creation and acquisition. With the advancement in technology and the embracement of social media,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Media, Bibliometrics, Information Retrieval
Diez, Stephanie L.; Fava, Nicole M.; Fernandez, Sofia B.; Mendel, Whitney E. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
With the exponential growth of online information seeking by young people, it is imperative for health and sexual health educators to consider online information a resource young people will pursue. Access to accurate and comprehensive sexual health information is important, yet there is a scarcity of research evaluating the quality of this…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Usability, Reliability
Dahlen, Sarah P. C.; Hanson, Kathlene – College & Research Libraries, 2017
Discovery layers provide a simplified interface for searching library resources. Libraries with limited finances make decisions about retaining indexing and abstracting databases when similar information is available in discovery layers. These decisions should be informed by student success at finding quality information as well as satisfaction…
Descriptors: Preferences, Bibliographies, Indexes, Database Management Systems
Getman, Rebekah; Helmi, Mohammad; Roberts, Hal; Yansane, Alfa; Cutler, David; Seymour, Brittany – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Aims: This article analyzes the digital childhood vaccination information network for vaccine-hesitant parents. The goal of this study was to explore the structure and influence of vaccine-hesitant content online by generating a database and network analysis of vaccine-relevant content. Method: We used Media Cloud, a searchable big-data platform…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Information Seeking
Song, Sang Chul – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An unprecedented amount of information encompassing almost every facet of human activities across the world is generated daily in the form of zeros and ones, and that is often the only form in which such information is recorded. A good fraction of this information needs to be preserved for periods of time ranging from a few years to centuries.…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Sources, Indexing, Access to Information
Talukdar, Partha Pratim – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The variety and complexity of potentially-related data resources available for querying--webpages, databases, data warehouses--has been growing ever more rapidly. There is a growing need to pose integrative queries "across" multiple such sources, exploiting foreign keys and other means of interlinking data to merge information from diverse…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Databases, Data, Data Analysis
Verbert, Katrien; Manouselis, Nikos; Drachsler, Hendrik; Duval, Erik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
In various research areas, the availability of open datasets is considered as key for research and application purposes. These datasets are used as benchmarks to develop new algorithms and to compare them to other algorithms in given settings. Finding such available datasets for experimentation can be a challenging task in technology enhanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Open Source Technology
Farrell, Beth – Library Journal, 2010
First offered to public libraries in 2004, downloadable audiobooks have grown by leaps and bounds. According to the Audio Publishers Association, their sales today account for 21% of the spoken-word audio market. It hasn't been easy, however. WMA. DRM. MP3. AAC. File extensions small on letters but very big on consequences for librarians,…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Usability, Audio Books

Hawkins, Donald T. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
A survey of the data bases used in satisfying some of the information requests received by the Bell Laboratories literature searching service revealed that 58 information sources were used 305 times and that 4 major sources accounted for 155 (51 percent) of the uses. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Information Sources

Allison, Brian – Art Education, 1996
Provides an overview and introduction to some of the most useful databases for art education and research. Notes that much art education research uses dissertations and theses. Discusses the content and use of several U.S., Australian, and British databases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Databases

Carr, Carol – Journal of Chemical Education, 1989
Describes some support programs and materials that facilitate preparation of an effective and inexpensive classroom program on online searching of the chemical literature. Presents more than 20 databases by type of database and subject area. Discusses practice files and overall cost. (MVL)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Chemistry, College Science, Database Producers
Donati, Robert – 1976
Until very recently there was little computer access to comprehensive bibliographic data bases in the social sciences. Now online searching of several directly relevant files is made possible through services such as the Lockheed DIALOG system. These data bases are briefly surveyed, with emphasis on content, structure, and strategy appropriate for…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Online Systems
Miller, L. L.; Honavar, Vasant; Barta, Tom – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Describes an extensible object-oriented view system that supports the integration of both structured and unstructured data sources in either the multidatabase or data warehouse environment. Discusses related work and data mining issues. (AEF)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Information Storage

Rosen, L. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
This overview outlines important databases providing relevant articles and information for professionals conducting research in the fields of blindness and disability. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Blindness, Information Retrieval, Information Sources

Lingras, P. J.; Yao, Y. Y. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Examines basic issues of data mining using the theory of rough sets, a recent proposal for generalizing classical set theory. Demonstrates that a generalized rough set model can be used for generating rules from incomplete databases. Discusses the importance of rule extraction from incomplete databases in data mining. (AEF)
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking