Documentation techniques

[Audio] Documentation techniques. Documentation techniques.

[Audio] AFNOR defines documentation as all techniques enabling the permanent and systematic processing of documents or data, including their collection, reporting, analysis, storage, retrieval and dissemination for the information of users. Documentation is therefore the action of selecting, classifying, using and distributing documents. By extension, documentation refers to all information and documents. Computerized documentation is a computerized system that provides answers on demand, selected from a previously stored body of knowledge..

[Audio] The main function of documentation is to make information accessible to the user in need of knowledge. A series of operations is required to best fulfill this objective, and these operations constitute what is commonly referred to as the "documentation chain": the collection, processing and distribution of information..

[Audio] Primary documents / Secondary documents Primary documents are those that provide information directly, while secondary documents list primary documents (e.g. computerized catalogs, bibliographies, databases). Primary documents Several types of primary documents are among the most common and representative: books, periodicals, collective works and reference works. These are the main primary documents encountered when searching for information. Each type of document can be defined by a small number of bibliographic characteristics (title, author, date, publisher)..

[Audio] Books or printed monographs Book or A printed monograph is a work forming a whole, in one or more volumes, either appearing all at once, or published over a limited period according to a pre- established plan. 1. Elements for identifying book content Here's a quick guide to the contents of a book: front cover; title page ; contents ; preface or introduction ; indexes ; bibliographical references ; table of contents ;.

[Audio] Periodicals and articles A serial publication is a printed or non-printed publication, appearing in successive issues or volumes, sequenced numerically or chronologically for an unlimited period of time, regardless of their periodicity. details The identification of a periodical is found on the front and back covers of each issue, which include : title proper ; any short title ; publisher and editorial board; ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) ; periodicity ; the date of first publication..

[Audio] 1.2 Identifying a periodical article The identifying features of a periodical article are title ; Author; the publication date, number and volume of the issue in which it is published; the first and last page numbers of the article. 1.3 Elements for identifying article content title ; SUMMARY; table of contents ; keywords ; MSC (Mathematical Subject Classification) indices ; bibliography..

[Audio] Doctoral theses A doctoral thesis is a work produced by a postgraduate student to earn the title of doctor. It represents the culmination of substantial research on a subject to which the author has made a significant contribution. Identification of a doctoral thesis The identifying elements of a doctoral thesis are found on the title page or, failing that, on the front cover, which includes : author's first and last name ; the title of the thesis ; place and date of thesis defense ; the name of the thesis supervisor..

[Audio] Electronic publications Electronic publications available on the Internet include e-books, e-journals, e- encyclopaedias, etc. . They are identified by their precise address on a site, also known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). These publications may or may not exist in paper form. Electronic journals may be open access or pay-per-view..

[Audio] Secondary documents Bibliographic or databases A database is a "set of data relating to a defined field of knowledge and organized to be offered to users". The database is : produced by an institution, a commercial company or a documentation service ; stored on a server ; displayed on the user's microcomputer in response to a query. Different types of information are taken into account in databases: bibliographic references, full text, knowledge bases (factual or digital data), chemical structures, images..

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[Audio] PMC Journal List – Full List. PMC Journal List – Full List.

[Audio] PMC Journal List – Tabbed List. PMC Journal List – Tabbed List.

[Audio] Deposit of Open Access (OA) content is subject to normal PMC standards and requirements OA source files can be downloaded by anyone: PMC-OAI service for full-text XML FTP service to download complete article packet – XML, images, PDF and supplemental data files OA simplifies distribution of content to collaborating archives Opens door for data mining and creation of innovative products by others Open Access may apply to an entire journal and its content or at the article-level when authors have retained the copyright PMC and Open Access.

[Audio] SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES (GOOGLE SCHOLAR) Like Google, Google Scholar, launched at the end of 2004, enables searches for peer- reviewed and non-peer-reviewed scientific articles, academic theses, citations and scientific books. The Google Scholar index contains most of the peer-reviewed online journals from the major publishers of scientific literature..

[Audio] Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated.