Scientific Web Sites and their Use Patterns among Aerospace Scientists and Engineers of Bangalore:A Research Study
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Aviation is one of the most significant technological marvels of our time and empowers the \nnation with strength. It is a major tool for economic development and has a significant role in \nnational security and international relations. Aerospace engineering is the application of \nadvanced science and technology for the design and development of flight vehicles. Aerospace \nScientists and Engineers frequently use ‘Scientific Web Sites’ to look for (a) technical \ninformation, (b) brows information related to their area of research, (c) To update selfknowledge, \n(d) To keep in touch with global R&D, (e) write technical proposals, (f) for joint \ncollaborative research work with their peers, (g) download computer programs, (e) for \nexperimental techniques and methodologies, (f) for code of standards and practices, (g) drawings \nand designs, (h) patents and inventions etc.. A research study was undertaken to look at the \n‘Frequency of Usage of Scientific Web Sites’ by the Aerospace Scientists and Engineers of \nBangalore from the selected 16 aerospace organizations which constituted the sample. The major \nconclusions of this study are: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied for testing the \nsignificant difference among the 16 mean scores attained from the scientists and engineers of the \naerospace organizations for ‘the frequency of usage of various scientific web sites’. It is \nobserved that all the 16 aerospace organizations show a significant difference (P < 0.05) in their \nmean scores viz., ‘‘SCIRUS’, ‘Google Scholar’, OJOSE’, ‘Biolink’, ‘SciSeek’, ‘CiteSeer’, \n‘MetaCrawler’, ‘Scientific Commons’, ‘JSTOR’, ‘ISI’, ‘Invisible.web.com’, \n‘Alphasearch’,‘BigHub’, ‘INFOMINE’, ‘WebData.com’, ‘SciCentral Gateway’, ‘The \nVirtual Technical Reports Center’, ‘News Trawler’, ‘Athenus’, ‘DOAJ’ and ‘Search engine \nfor aerospace and defense debuts (www.submitexprerss.com)’ except for ‘Google Book’.
Authors: R Guruprasad, P Marimuthu
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2307369122