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Means to protect online data Information technology has enabled the once confined print scholarly content to move beyond pages and library walls. The content can be accessed through Internet services provided by public libraries and academic institutions. However, easy availability of electronic data has resulted in increased information abuse or theft of databases. The paper released by the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) suggests approaches to protect online data.     Click here

Factors that impact open access to research studies This paper focuses on the three issues that affect access to scientific research studies - the legal issues of copyright and database protection that restrict scientists from viewing other studies, the use of the legalities for public benefit, and the relationship between public funding of research studies and access to it. Initiatives such as open access, which differ from the traditional publishing model, are analysed in this paper.     Click here

The deep web: bringing hidden value to the surface The information gathered from the Internet may be abundant but does not reflect an entirety. The boundless availability of data makes the search results an insignificant subset of the original quantity. Search engines also tend to be too traditional for the dynamic online network. This paper gives a picture of major web sites that occupy the network and web coverage on various subjects. The paper also points out that 54 percent of the web resources are formed by topic databases. Web sites that cover science, engineering, agriculture and health are named.     Click here

How Scirus works Scirus, the free scientific search engine of Elsevier, combines online resources across free web pages and databases. The technology supporting Scirus for searching and classifying the scientific data is explained in this paper. The advanced, refine and basic search options, ranking of search results, and results analyses are discussed.     Click here

The production of open access journals The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a US institution that pioneered the open access publishing model, has explained the steps in producing such a journal. The paper is focused on the production process, rather than the editorial quality, structure or costs of public access journals.     Click here