Keeping Up-To-Date : Current Awareness
Map of possible information sources
Selecting sources
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Validation tests can help with the final selection of your sources and queries. |
Testing ensures that awareness results are pertinent, allowing for the validation of the content sought, the time coverage, and the tool’s functionalities.
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Depending on the type of awareness (defined according to your objective, subject, the |
type of information sought), the sources mentioned in the map may or may not be relevant.
Current awareness of...
There can be current awareness of...
- technology - technology watch
- commerce - commercial intelligence
- environment - environmental intelligence
- legislation - legal research
- marketing - marketing intelligence
- competition - competitive intelligence, business intelligence
- etc.
Adapting the search
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When setting up the search parameters, one should consider the level of precision one |
wishes to obtain from the source.
For example, it is probably not a good idea to search a very general term such as "aluminum" in the full text of a scientific journal database, yet this search term would be appropriate if one were looking for a report on a governmental site.
