02607nam a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501060008026000170018630000110020350000530021452020820026765000160234965300140236565300320237965300140241110956322007-12-12       1978    bl uuuu  m   00u1 u    #d1 aMATOS, M. de M.  aPlanning for the use of machine readable data bases for the needs of agricultural research in Brazil.  a1978 .c1978  a171 p.  aDissertação (Mestrado)-  University, Dalhousie  aIn this dissertation, CAB, AGRICOLA and AGRIS Data Bases are discussed. We consider the printed version of each service: Plant Breeding Abstracts, Bibliography of Agriculture and AGRINDEX, respectively, taking into account the existing overlap between the systems by means of experiments carried out in the course of the study. There is a need of cooperation between the systems to avoid such duplication. The anlaysis shows that the services overlap not only in journal titles coverage, but also in articles selected for indexing. The retrospective search revealed both duplication and retrieval of unique references. Care must be taken to avoid the retrieval of citations two or even three times by each data base. The creation of AGRIS as an international informationsystem gave developing countries the opportunity of participating in a system which makes their own publications available to any interested party through AGLINET. The developing countries themselves benefit from awareness of researches developed in the industrialized countries. CARIS, which is responsible for on-going research, works as a means to such awareness for researchers, keeping them informed of research in progress. This means the avoidance of duplication and wastage of time, money and effort. The part played by EMBRAPA and EMATER, as Agencies responsible for the development of agricultural information in Brazil, is discussed, as well as the use of CAB, AGRICOLA and GRIS data bases, which have served as disseminators of the agricultural information. Grants must be made available to university agricultural libraries in order to build up basic collections and hire suitably qualified library staff to fulfill the demands of students and professors. The Brazilian Government must spend widley in the field of information availability by means of cration of programs and new libraries in order to further the develoment of the country and to create a well informed pelople. Information in both fields, Sciences and Humanities, must be regarded as a basic tool in the country's development.  aagriculture  aAgrícola  aBase de dado bibliográfico  aData base