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  1. Public source

    Zenodo

    Find deposited datasets, software, publications and other research objects with metadata and identifiers.

  2. Public source

    OpenAIRE EXPLORE

    Explore research outputs and relationships to data, software, projects, people and organisations.

  3. Tool

    Compare public sources against your question

    Compare the uses, identifiers, evidence fields and limits of two to four public sources, without an artificial ranking.

  4. Tool

    Calculate change, percentage points and a combined rate

    Four explained calculators: changes, percentage points, weighted rates and descriptive bounds for missing results.

  5. Guide

    Read and verify a public report

    Find a figure, understand its scope and cite the right passage: a method for reading reports, annexes and tables while retaining their qualifications.

  6. Guide

    Prepare a multilingual website migration

    Map destinations by language, preserve journeys and test routes: prepare URL changes without losing useful content.

  7. Guide

    Check OCR extraction before citing a document

    Move from a scanned page to verified information: check characters, tables, reading order and languages before searching, calculating or citing automatically recognized text.

  8. Guide

    Assess the independence of multiple sources

    Count original records rather than links: identify republication, shared data and distinct observations before drawing a conclusion.

  9. Guide

    Check publication corrections and retractions

    Before citing a study, identify its editorial status, update notice and the passage affected by a correction or retraction.

  10. Guide

    Calculate and compare a file’s SHA-256 digest

    Matching names, sizes or appearances do not establish identical versions. A SHA-256 digest represents file bytes. It helps detect changes without establishing authorship, creation date or truth of the contents.

  11. Guide

    Sources for scientific reference verification

    Separate work, author, organisation, repository, journal and trial to cite the right object and version.

  12. Guide

    Normalise dates in a source dossier

    Separate calendar dates, local times and instants before sorting records or converting to UTC.

  13. Tool

    Compare search platforms

    Select two to four engines or assistants to compare their objects, documentary context and useful checks.

  14. Public source

    IANA — Time Zone Database

    Find civil-time rules, UTC offsets and daylight-saving changes in an identified tz database release.

  15. Public source

    UNSD — M49

    Identify UN statistical countries or areas and groupings using their M49 codes.

  16. Guide

    Check identifiers in a documentary case

    Separate format, check digit, assignment and matching when linking authors, publications and versions.

  17. Guide

    Verify an AI summary before using it

    Link important claims to source passages and check numbers, versions, omissions and uncertainty.

  18. Guide

    Read an HTTP response without rushing to declare an outage

    Separate technical success, received content, redirects, restrictions and transport errors.

  19. Guide

    Document a sample before publishing a measurement

    Define population, selection, repetitions and exclusions so test results can be interpreted.

  20. Guide

    Check a scholarly reference

    Find the work by title and DOI in OpenAlex, compare the Crossref deposit, then open the publication at its publisher or repository.

  21. Guide

    Recover the version actually cited

    Start from DOI or title, compare records, open the manuscript or publication and record its version.

  22. Guide

    Distinguish researchers with the same name

    Compare ORCID identifiers, attributed works and affiliations; use ROR to identify organisations.

  23. Guide

    Find the data behind a publication

    Follow related identifiers, identify the repository and retain the exact dataset version, licence and analysed files.

  24. Guide

    Compare registered protocol and published result

    Identify the relevant registration, record its date and compare objectives, criteria and population with the results document.

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Examine the origin, date, scope and limits of information.

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DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

Turn internal search into a useful user journey

A query produces several close results. Reading should help to distinguish the need definition folder, detailed method and implementation tool.

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Priority checks

Formulate a specific need and then try neighboring terms. Read the descriptions and select the type of resource according to the searched step: understand, run or control.

Interpretation pitfalls

The first result is not always the best document to the context. An absence can come from the vocabulary used rather than a lack of content.

Working record to retain

A short route connects a need definition page, a guide and a checklist. Maintaining unresolved questions helps to rebuild research.

PRACTICAL CASE / WORKED EXAMPLE

A natural requirement does not match the exact title

The following case illustrates an approach to defining the need. Situations are pedagogical: they serve to examine the choices and conditions of success, without describing a fulfilled mission or announcing a guaranteed result.

Example context

A reader is looking for how to check a number, while the resources use the word indicator. The results must allow to continue despite a different formulation of the title.

Suggested approach

Try the neighboring terms and read the descriptions. Differentiate methods of calculation, comparison and verification of sources. Choose the resource that corresponds to the actually sought-by-step.

Conclusion and next step

Research becomes a path of solution. The questions still open serve to clarify the next query instead of multiplying the words without clear intention.

Questions for deeper practice

How do you improve a search without losing the initial need?

Keep the starting question and then specify the object, operation and resource type. Useful results give a complementary vocabulary, but their title should not automatically replace the reader's target.

DETAILED WORKSHOP / APPLICATION

Refine a query for the task to carry out

  1. 01 / Prepare the necessary information

    Describe the initial question and the desired result. Identify the object, operation and type of resource that could help: file, method or tool.

  2. 02 / Carry out the approach

    Try a formulation and read the descriptions. Release the useful terms and test the variants without giving up the intention. Compare the resources found according to their contribution to the route.

  3. 03 / Examine an alternative situation

    If the results are close but too general, specify the operation or scope. A well-classed page is not necessarily the one that meets the searched step.

  4. 04 / Decide on the next step

    Research is useful when it leads to a resource whose response can be identified. Open questions are used to prepare for the next consultation.

  5. 05 / Hand over the verification records

    Keep a short track with request, resource and supplement. The reader can restart his work without repaired the tests that have led to useful content.

ANNOTATED WORKING DOCUMENT / REVIEW GRID

A track record from a request

The note retains question, tried formulations, useful results and next resource. It distinguishes the exploration vocabulary from the initial goal of the reader.

On a small screen, scroll the grid horizontally to read all three columns.

Example situations to assess
ObservationSupported interpretationNext step
A resource responds to the desired operation.The result can serve as a useful step in the course.Keep the passage and choose the necessary supplement.
The results remain general despite the good topic.The request must specify action, object or scope.Try an appropriate formulation without losing the initial question.
The first result has the word but not the answer.The presence of the term does not prove its relevance.Read the descriptions and compare the contribution of resources.

Reviewing the working document

The final verification verifies that each step reduces an open question. A link list is not yet a useful path if the reader cannot explain what each page brings.

REPORTING / EXAMPLE WORDING

Presentation of results: Turn internal search into a useful user journey

Point to clarify

A search result must be judged according to its contribution to the searched operation.

Before handing over

Check that the track keeps the initial question despite the vocabulary variants.

Example of a qualified conclusion

The resource selected meets the described stage of the need. The questions still open guidelines the next consultation and remain distinct from the answer found.