An introductory presentation on tools to facilitate the retrieval of information when conducting research on legal issues

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2. to document and characterise a phenomenon of interest
to investigate little-understood phenomena
to identify or explore important variables
to generate questions for further research
to explain why forces created the phenomenon under
question to identify why a phenomenon is shaped as it is
to predict future outcomes for a phenomenon
to forecast events and behaviours resulting from a
phenomenon
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3. An (Belkin,1980) is the
primary motivator of information seeking behaviors.
The amount of data available for consultation on the
Internet calls for the configuration of adequate instruments
of information retrieval to respond to and meet the needs of
the users.
For a specialized search, one may need to select the
retrieval mechanism as much as the resource to be
searched.
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4. IDLO Library
Developed by Professor William P. Statsky aims to identify
the number of terms associated to a given research topic to
find the key facts and the relevant institutions involved.
This approach supported by the use of authoritative
*thesauri improves the techniques of information retrieval.
*United Nations European Union
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5. The Cartwheel Approach by
William P. Statsky
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6. facilitate the consultation and storage of
valuable resources
and are the most common
tools of knowledge structuring implemented to support
research activities performed in the digital environment.
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Internet Explorer FireFox Apple Safari Google Chrome

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Ralph A. Clevenger
The or has
been defined as the portion of text
pages, files, or other often high-
quality authoritative information,
that general-purpose search
engines cannot add to their
indexes for technical or deliberate
choice (Sherman and Price, 2001).

8. IDLO Library
(Cont'd)
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Scientific search engines

9. Cross Cutting
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY
UNION
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LEXADIN
UN Public
Administration Network
Law Library
of Congress
World Legal
Information Institute
Office of the High
Commissioner for
Human Rights
European Judicial Network
in civil and commercial matters
Programme
on HIV/AIDS
Economic Development
Institutional Development
Social Development

10. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)
Toolkits
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IDLO Online Subscriptions
The Global Development Research
CenterSocial Science Research Network
International Development
Research Centre
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11. IDLO Library
Grants, Funds and Programmes
Studying Development.
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Wango
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
humanitarian news and analysis
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
MixMarket

12. IDLO Library
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
- Reading - Writing
- Companies - Communities
- HTML - XML
- Home pages - Blogs
- Lectures - Conversation
- Services sold - Web services
over the web
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13. IDLO Library
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14. IDLO Library
Further details on the resources described in the
presentation are available in the following WEB 2.0 sites:
•IDLO Library Bookmarks
•PPT - Presentation
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