Title:	Organization of information on Sirex noctilio: a simple, practical, and inexpensive solution.
Authors:	SCHAITZA, E. G.
Affiliation:	ERICH GOMES SCHAITZA, CNPF.
Date Issued:	1998
Citation:	In: IEDE, E.T.; SCHAITZA, E.; PENTEADO, S.; REARDON, R.C.; MURPHY, S.T. (Coord.). Proceedings of a Conference: Training in the Control of Sirex noctilio by the Use of Natural Enemies. Colombo: EMBRAPA-CNPF; Morgantown: USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Tecnhnology Enterprise Team; Berkshire: Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, 1998. p. 77-79.
Description:	Advances in communications and computer science are making the retrieval of bibliographic information simpler. Data bases are being distributed in CD-ROM format or are readily accessible on the Internet. Document delivery systems and virtual libraries provide access to papers almost in real time. Nevertheless, papers published by Latin American researchers do not flow to these data bases and information systems; sometimes they are not even registered in the data bases of their own institutes, Therefore, these papers are neither read nor quoted by other researchers. A number of factors contribute to this situation. With few exceptions, the circulation of local journals is very restricted; their editors do not send copies to the Agricultural Research Information System (AGRIS) institutes or the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (CABI). Some AGRIS institutes are not very active in the forestry arca. There are many non-indexed publications. Libraries tend to be passive, waiting for people to borrow books. Articles published in Portuguese or Spanish are not read by Englishspeaking scientists. Latin American information systems are poorly equipped to keep the pace with their European and North American counterparts. An example of this situation is research on Sirex noctilio, a pest attacking Pinus spp. The Entomology Laboratory of EMBRAPA-Forestry alone has published 42 papers on the subject over the last five years, including theses, papers, and technical notes. But a search of AGRIS yielded no entries on Sirex when all countries in South America were scarched. Only 15 entries on Sir were found in CABI's TREÉCD. There is clearly, for Sirex researchers, à need to organize information systems lhat will be able to disseminate both bibliographic references and full papers effectively throughout Latin America. This can be done either by strengthening libraries and institutional information systems or by creating small networks geared towards the organization and dissemination of information on a focal subject. A Sirex network could concentrate on all institutes and researchers working with any aspect of Sirex.
Thesagro:	Sirex Noctilio
NAL Thesaurus:	information retrieval
Keywords:	Recuperacao de informacao
Notes:	Publicado em duas linguas. Titulo em portugues: Organização da informação sobre Sirex noctilio: um projeto simples, barato e de alto impacto.
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPF)