Scientific information
Scientific and technical information tools
The visibility of scientific publications depends on the tools used and the publishers behind these tools. The main known tools are the Web of Science, developed by Thomson Reuters based on the Science Citation Index, and Scopus, developed by Elsevier. Inria has developed its own tools in order to make it easier to search for and disseminate research publications.
HAL-Inria: open archives of our scientific output
The HAL-Inria open archive was launched on 27 April 2005. It is based on the HAL (Hyper Article onLine) tool developed by the Direct Scientific Communication Centre (CCSD) of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). It provides scientists with an environment where they can deposit and view publications on ICST (Information and Communication Science and Technology).
Ralyx: a repository of our research teams' activity reports
Each project-team is obliged to produce an activity report each year, which is stored on Ralyx. This activity report is a way of reviewing the work done each year. It also acts as a shop window for the activities of the institute's project-teams, in particular for industrial partners.
OPAC: the institute's library catalogue
OPAC is a web service used to perform searches in the Inria documentation centres' national catalogue. It also provides regular information about the new titles acquired by Inria.
A researcher documentation workshop on NETVIBES
Based on the contributions of its user community, netvibes allows each user to collate all of his/her Internet sources and services on a single page (favourite sites and blogs, emails, social networks, etc.) It is used in 190 countries. It groups together scientific and technical information services in the form of widgets and makes it easier to:
- search for documents in Inria's collections and subscriptions (catalogue, online PDFs, etc.);
- disseminate publications (HAL-Inria, Impact factor, Raweb);
- access customised services (loan management, alerts based on publication contents, Q&A sessions with information officers, etc.).
Keywords: Ralyx Atelier du chercheur Opac Hal Inria
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Other open archives:
- TEL (online theses): Doctoral theses and habilitation to advise doctoral theses.
- CEL (online courses): Online courses
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