ACADEMIC TEACHERS' PREFERENCES IN SELECTING SCIENTIFIC DATABASES

Authors

  • Sławomir Kocira University of Life Sciences in Lublin (PL)
  • Maciej Kuboń University of Agriculture in Krakow (PL)
  • Urszula Malaga-Toboła University of Agriculture in Krakow (PL)
  • Dariusz Kwaśniewski University of Agriculture in Krakow (PL)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol5.3950

Keywords:

scientific publication, Internet, library, teachers, database

Abstract

The objective of the paper was to determine the preferences of academic teachers in the selection of databases of scientific publications. Material consists of the results of research carried out with the diagnostic survey methods carried out with the questionnaire technique among the scientific employees and students of the selected Polish higher schools: University of Life Sciences in Lublin, University of Agriculture in Krakow. 135 scientific employees and 140 full-time students of the second cycle studies participated in the survey. University teachers the most often used publications in scientific journals and publications in the Internet. All students that took part in the questionnaire used scientific publications in the Internet and information included in the Internet. Databases of the Polish scientific publishing houses, Elsevier database, and Google Scholar database are the most useful in the scientific work. Students search for publications only in the Polish databases of publishing houses and Google Scholar base.

 

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Published

2019-05-21

How to Cite

Kocira, S., Kuboń, M., Malaga-Toboła, U., & Kwaśniewski, D. (2019). ACADEMIC TEACHERS’ PREFERENCES IN SELECTING SCIENTIFIC DATABASES. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 5, 355-364. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol5.3950