{"title":"Attitude Towards Personal Information Management Practices by Research Scholars of Pondicherry University : A Study","authors":"Vijaykumar B. Gopale","doi":"10.5958/2348-1773.2020.00013.2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to study the researchers’ practices and use of personal information management in the Pondicherry university Puducherry. A structured questionnaire was designed for the data collection on the basis of objectives of the study and it consists of both optional type questions and statements in five point Lickert scale. Laptop’ and ‘USB’ are the highly used PIM tools by the researchers. The study showed that research scholars use PIM tools for managing their personal information. Among the types of personal information stored, articles ranked first followed by text books. Google is found to be the most used source of information for PIM followed by attachments received through mails. Sending information to self is the most suitable method of storing personal information. The paper highlights the research scholars’ attitude towards personal information management.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2348-1773.2020.00013.2","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper aims to study the researchers’ practices and use of personal information management in the Pondicherry university Puducherry. A structured questionnaire was designed for the data collection on the basis of objectives of the study and it consists of both optional type questions and statements in five point Lickert scale. Laptop’ and ‘USB’ are the highly used PIM tools by the researchers. The study showed that research scholars use PIM tools for managing their personal information. Among the types of personal information stored, articles ranked first followed by text books. Google is found to be the most used source of information for PIM followed by attachments received through mails. Sending information to self is the most suitable method of storing personal information. The paper highlights the research scholars’ attitude towards personal information management.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.