Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey.
Since Public Health in Germany is a new multidisciplinary area, there is no well established informational infrastructure to offer researchers, as well as other experts, an overview of current research activities and recently published literature. Therefore, a preliminary study is assessing the info...
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University of Borås
1998-01-01
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| description | Since Public Health in Germany is a new multidisciplinary area, there is no well established informational infrastructure to offer researchers, as well as other experts, an overview of current research activities and recently published literature. Therefore, a preliminary study is assessing the informational needs in public health research and practice. A survey about the experience with online databases and demands for specific information resources was conducted in order to analyse the extent of problems experienced with information retrieval. The main conclusions of the survey findings are: (a) there is a serious demand for information filtering and information supply in Public Health in Germany, (b) some of the ‘’missed’’ databases do already exist, but are obviously not well known or accessible, thus indicating a need of promoting information resources and (c) although some of the respondents have had access to the Internet, only very few of them are using email or the world wide web to find and exchange information. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c21596502531413c8f4dc10b16c560b92025-02-02T08:28:36ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16131998-01-013343Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey.A. ScheiberR. SchneemannR. WischerSince Public Health in Germany is a new multidisciplinary area, there is no well established informational infrastructure to offer researchers, as well as other experts, an overview of current research activities and recently published literature. Therefore, a preliminary study is assessing the informational needs in public health research and practice. A survey about the experience with online databases and demands for specific information resources was conducted in order to analyse the extent of problems experienced with information retrieval. The main conclusions of the survey findings are: (a) there is a serious demand for information filtering and information supply in Public Health in Germany, (b) some of the ‘’missed’’ databases do already exist, but are obviously not well known or accessible, thus indicating a need of promoting information resources and (c) although some of the respondents have had access to the Internet, only very few of them are using email or the world wide web to find and exchange information.http://informationr.net/ir/3-3/paper43.htmlPublic HealthGermanyresearchpracticeonline databasesinformation resourcesinformation retrievalInternete-mailworld wide web |
| spellingShingle | A. Scheiber R. Schneemann R. Wischer Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal Public Health Germany research practice online databases information resources information retrieval Internet world wide web |
| title | Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. |
| title_full | Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. |
| title_short | Assessment of information needs in public health in Germany: results of a nationwide survey. |
| title_sort | assessment of information needs in public health in germany results of a nationwide survey |
| topic | Public Health Germany research practice online databases information resources information retrieval Internet world wide web |
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