The Use of Biomedical Periodical Literature at the National Lending Library for Science and Technology

1970 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 46-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Wood ◽  
C. A. Bower
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
Lending Library ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Language Characteristics ◽  
One Year ◽  
Biomedical Publications ◽  
The Uk

The paper reports the results of a two week questionnaire survey of the use of biomedical periodical literature carried out at the UK National Lending Library in February 1969. The survey was designed to discover the subject, date and language characteristics of the borrowed literature, the most frequently requested journals, and the most popular sources of-references to biomedical publications.The loans were spread over 1,084 titles, although 9 per cent of the issues involved only 2 per cent of the titles. The literature in most demand was less than one year old and in the case of medicine 50 per cent of the requests were for literature less than 3½ years old. The half-life for the biological literature was somewhat longer at 5¾ years. The majority of issues (87.8 per cent) involved English language periodicals.Overall, the principal sources of references to the requested literature were citation lists in other periodical articles. Regarding the more recent literature, however, abstracting and indexing journals were the primary sources of information. For medical references Index Medicus was the most used indexing publication, and for biological references Current Contents.

An Evaluation of the Rheumatology Periodical Literature used in Britain and the USA

1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 119-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. THORPE
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Organization And Administration ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Medical Libraries ◽  
The Uk

An application of the Gross and Gross method for the evaluation of periodicals to the literature of rheumatology used by workers in the UK and USA, has shown that a relatively small number of English language periodicals, the majority of which are not specialist rheumatology ones, contain a high percentage of the relevant papers.It is hoped that this data will be of value in the organization and administration of medical libraries and information units, and useful to the rheumatologist anxious to regularly scan those periodicals which are potentially of the most use to him.

Gharkhia System in Western Odisha

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dharmendra Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Child Labour ◽  
Caste System ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Common Assumption ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Gender Lens

Gharkhia is a commonly accepted mediation process widely practiced in western part of rural Odisha, now seems to be vanished but its existence in some remote villages cannot be denied. Our occupation-based caste system, local labour practices and social customs are some factors responsible for mass acceptance of the gharkhia system. But common assumption among public towards work done by a gharkhia as non exploitative is the main catalyst of this illegal practice. In this article an attempt has been made to find out different nomenclatures of the gharkhia system, its characteristics and community’s response towards this practice in different parts of western Odisha through the gender lens. Since the subject is believed to be a non-studied area and very little work has been done earlier, the author mainly relies on primary sources of information. The article describes about 13 different forms of gharkhia practices, out of which Halia Pila (Boy) and Gouden Tukel (Girl) are the two most popular ones. Launching of national child labour project, stringent action against employers of child labour pronounced by the apex court and rapid industrialisation in the area are the main reasons for disappearance of this prohibited practice.

scholarly journals War, State-Building, and International Connections in Nationalist China

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Helena F. S. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Building ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
War Of Resistance ◽  
The Impact

In a recent survey of modern China, historian Rana Mitter noted: “The war between China and Japan may have been the single most important event to shape twentieth-century China”. This perspective hasn't been around for very long. The relevance of China's War of Resistance against Japan (KangRi zhanzheng) has been revaluated by historians in recent years, a prime example of this being Mitter's book on the subject and the work of Hans van de Ven. For years, the victory of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949 was crystallised into a crucial turning point and the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party/KMT) was seen as corrupt and ineffective, as epitomised by Lloyd Eastman's studies. Eastman's verdict is not entirely contradicted by some of the new scholarship, although important revisionist works have led to a reassessment of the KMT state-building efforts, in particular during their pre-war decade in power, the so-called Nanjing decade (1927–1937). Although the ‘rediscovery’ of the war came later in the English-language than it did in Chinese, it is undeniable that recent years have seen a growing interest in the period, both in academia and in popular culture. The three monographs under review here are, in many ways, illustrative of the best new research on the conflict. They provide comprehensive insight on the impact of the war on the Nationalists' state-building efforts in fiscal policy, propaganda, and justice. All are first monographs, springing from meticulous doctoral and post-doctoral research anchored on a plethora of new primary sources. They make important contributions to our understanding of the impact of the war in China, as well as to economic history, media studies, and legal history more broadly.

An evaluation of information sources for current awareness on occupational diseases

1986 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Price ◽  
Rosemary A. Burley
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
English Language ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

An evaluative study of a selection of primary and sec ondary information sources of potential use for current aware ness in the field of occupational diseases is presented. This study identifies the more important English language primary sources of occupational diseases research information. Re search studies in the field of occupational diseases, however, are scattered widely in the medical literature. This study com pares the usefulness of a variety of secondary sources as current awareness tools for bringing together this widely scattered information. Several secondary sources are useful but, despite considerable overlap between these sources, no single source provides comprehensive coverage of the subject field. Scanning of a number of primary sources together with several secondary sources is recommended as the best means of keeping abreast of the latest research information in this subject area.

scholarly journals IS NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING A MYTH? A REVIEW OF NLP STUDIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faiza Zeb, Ansa Hameed, Shaista Zeb
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Scientific Model ◽  
Neurolinguistic Programming ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
The Status ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk

NLP has not been able to gain the status of a scientific model since its emergence in 1970’s with certain reservations by the experts in the various fields such as educators, linguists, English language teachers, and scientists. Despite the fact that more than fifty organizations are working in the UK solely on NLP, there are only a few conversations and studies available on the subject due to mere supposition about the lack of scientific support for its existence. In NLP history, much work has been ignored due to mere speculation. Also, many researchers did not pay any attention to the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the NLP ideas and researches via ignoring various studies in this filed. This article has aimed at the exploration of NLP via various studies in diverse fields dealing with the varied aspects of NLP toolkit to illustrate the mammoth significance it holds. The research circumspectly examines the fundamental role that NLP plays in education, sports, health, and English language teaching practices that is beyond the claims of experts who declare it a pseudoscience.

Library Education and Librarianship in Japan and the Philippines

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-157
Author(s):  
Alicia Chavarria Esguerra
Keyword(s):  
Current Literature ◽  
Education System ◽  
English Language ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Library Development

This chapter presents the development of library education and librarianship in Japan and the Philippines, two countries whose modern library development was influenced by and patterned after American librarianship and library education system. Extant archival documents and current literature about Japanese librarianship in the English language were the primary sources of information presented in this chapter, as well as interviews with library educators from Tenri University, Doshisha University, Tsurumi University, Keio University, and University of Tsukuba and some key officials of the Japan Library Association. Research instruments include semi-structured interview questions for the respondents. Qualitative data from the available literature and supplementary interviews were analyzed and presented in detail.

SPECULATION IN COMMODITIES: KEYNES’ “PRACTICAL ACQUAINTANCE” WITH FUTURES MARKETS

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCA FANTACCI ◽  
MARIA CRISTINA MARCUZZO ◽  
ELEONORA SANFILIPPO
Keyword(s):  
Futures Markets ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Great Weight ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Speculative Behavior

In this paper we address the subject of Keynes as a speculator. We look first at the primary sources of information, which are in the form of unpublished letters and broker’s statements. Secondly, we look at the theory Keynes sparingly presented in his writings, but which nevertheless is grounded on his first-hand knowledge of speculative behavior. Thirdly, we examine the focus on speculation in commodities, which had great weight in his portfolio, and have chosen a particular commodity -wheat- for our investigation. In particular, we examine some of Keynes’s dealings in wheat futures with the aim of shedding light on the underlying investment strategy.

scholarly journals Social Image of Nursing. An Integrative Review about a Yet Unknown Profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 460-474
Author(s):  
Macarena López-Verdugo ◽  
Jose Antonio Ponce-Blandón ◽  
Francisco Javier López-Narbona ◽  
Rocío Romero-Castillo ◽  
María Dolores Guerra-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Social Image ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Impact Problem

Background: Nursing is a discipline on which stereotypes have persisted throughout its history, considering itself a feminine profession and subordinated to the medical figure, without its own field of competence. All this leads to an image of the Nursing Profession that moves away from reality, constituting a real, relevant and high-impact problem that prevents professional expansion, and that has a direct impact on social trust, the allocation of resources and quality of care, as well as wages and professional satisfaction. The aim of this review was to identify and publicize the published material on the social image of Nursing, providing updated information about the different approaches to the subject. Methods: An integrative review of the literature has been made from primary sources of information published from 2010 to 2020. For this, the databases CINAHL, Scopus, SciELO, Dialnet and Cuiden have been consulted. Results: In total, 17 articles have been included in the review, with qualitative, quantitative, and even bibliographic reviews performed in countries such as Spain, Egypt, Argentina, Iran, Venezuela, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Australia. The results of those papers mostly showed that society has misinformation about the functions performed by nursing professionals, which is based on myths and stereotypes. Conclusions: Nursing is a profoundly unknown and invisible profession, as society continues without recognizing its competence, autonomy and independence.

Maps of a Nation? The Digitized Ordnance Survey for New Historical Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasra Hosseini ◽  
Katherine McDonough ◽  
Daniel van Strien ◽  
Olivia Vane ◽  
Daniel C S Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Source Material ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Historical Inquiry ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Ordnance Survey ◽  
Item Level ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Quality Maps ◽  
First Time

Abstract Although the Ordnance Survey has itself been the subject of historical research, scholars have not systematically used its maps as primary sources of information. This is partly for disciplinary reasons and partly for the technical reason that high-quality maps have not until recently been available digitally, geo-referenced, and in color. A final, and crucial, addition has been the creation of item-level metadata which allows map collections to become corpora which can for the first time be interrogated en masse as source material. By applying new Computer Vision methods leveraging machine learning, we outline a research pipeline for working with thousands (rather than a handful) of maps at once, which enables new forms of historical inquiry based on spatial analysis. Our ‘patchwork method’ draws on the longstanding desire to adopt an overall or ‘complete’ view of a territory, and in so doing highlights certain parallels between the situation faced by today’s users of digitized maps, and a similar inflexion point faced by their predecessors in the nineteenth century, as the project to map the nation approached a form of completion.

More Christian Apocrypha

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Tony Burke
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
North American ◽  
English Language ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Medieval Christianity

Scholars interested in the Christian Apocrypha (CA) typically appeal to CA collections when in need of primary sources. But many of these collections limit themselves to material believed to have been written within the first to fourth centuries CE. As a result a large amount of non-canonical Christian texts important for the study of ancient and medieval Christianity have been neglected. The More Christian Apocrypha Project will address this neglect by providing a collection of new editions (some for the first time) of these texts for English readers. The project is inspired by the More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project headed by Richard Bauckham and Jim Davila from the University of Edinburgh. Like the MOTP, the MCAP is envisioned as a supplement to an earlier collection of texts—in this case J. K. Elliott’s The Apocryphal New Testament (Oxford 1991), the most recent English-language CA collection (but now almost two decades old). The texts to be included are either absent in Elliott or require significant revision. Many of the texts have scarcely been examined in over a century and are in dire need of new examination. One of the goals of the project is to spotlight the abilities and achievements of English (i.e., British and North American) scholars of the CA, so that English readers have access to material that has achieved some exposure in French, German, and Italian collections.

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