Search features
Global Search Global search is usually the start page of the University Knoledge Base (UKB). It is used to comprehensively search over all object types at the same time (Everywhere option) or direct the query to a selected object type from the drop-down menu.
Type-oriented simple search For every record type the system provides a simple search form, sometimes also it provides advanced search form (see Advanced Search ).
Advanced search It allows one to adjust query details, and build an advanced query with logical operators, so that to obtain the most relevant results. In the case whe the MeSH based search is switched on, additionally it is possible to select pairs (descriptor + qualifier), so that a more accurate results can be obtained.
Expert search This function serves for finding experts in a domain, based on their achievements stored in the system (publications, projects, patents, etc). Querying is just like querying for any specific object type. Various additional criteria can be applied, e.g. global impact factor, citations, fund rasing cababilities. Moreover one can perform a search within a certain researchers group, e.g. PhD students, postdocs, etc.
Result page As a result of the search, the user receives a window with the results and a set of specified functions. One can use facets to drill down the data resource. The search terms are in red color. In addition number of records can be selected and used for generating advanced statistics by the reporting module.
Once a query is formulated the user can define an alert to control appearing in the future new relevant records.
Profiles
As OMEGA-PSIR covers functionality of Research Profiling, one of the main features of the system is automatic building various profiles, such as the profiles of researchers, and units constituting the formal hierarchical structure of the university.
The profiles characterize research achievements of the body, providing lists of publications, patents, promoted theses, activities, prizes and awards, bibliometric measures of the research, cooperation information and statistics. Once an achievement record of a researcher (publication, thesis, patent) is created (and/or deposited), it automatically appears in the profile of the researcher, and in the profile of his /her affiliation profile, as well as in the profiles on all the higher hierarchy levels. If the achievement has coathors, it also goes automatically to the coauthors and their afiliations profiles.
The entered achievements are used to automatically build a cloud of tags at researcher’s profiles and all the units profiles. The cloud of tags is a kind of “fingerprint” characterizing very precisely the research area of the researcher. In addition to the researchers and units profiles, one can define profiles for the main scientific disciplines that are practiced at the university. These profiles may go across the faculties and departments.
Data management
In OMEGA-PSIR the data management facilities are very powerful. The system provides means for
importing data from various sources, both bibliographic and auxiliary ones (which makes the data entry process much cheaper). For example data can be imported from global scientific database, like e.g. SCOPUS, WoS, PubMed), from patents database (EPO), CrossRef, DataCite, ORCID, also from other OMEGA-PSIR based knowledge bases (which makes possible building the federated portals, see Polish Medical Platform);
enriching existing data with data from external resources (e.g. gathering bibliometric data from Scopus, WoS or integrating journals with Sherpa-Romeo to get information about openess strategy of the journals),
acquiring multimedia data from Youtube
importing XML files from web or from a desktop - special tools are available to translate XML to the requested formats.
Manual data entry by librarians and trained users
self depositing data by researchers
One can define workflow for data entry processes
Strong duplicate discovery procedures are available
For manual data entry staff strong validation control tools are provided. The validation procedures aredefinable by the system administration.
Statistics and reports
Various ready-to-use statistics are available on the profiles