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  1. Guide

    Check a journal and a specific article

    Compare title, ISSN, publisher and official domain; locate the article through DOI or PMID where available.

  2. Guide

    Link a registered trial to publication

    Return from ICTRP to the original registry, keep secondary IDs and search for an article by trial ID.

  3. Guide

    Handle two conflicting sources

    Break down the disagreement, compare dates and scope, and keep uncertainty visible in the conclusion.

  4. Guide

    Find a method for your task

    24 paths for checking sources, comparing data, publishing a site or evaluating AI, with steps, checks and limitations.

  5. Services

    One clear rate. All the skills.

    €80 excl. VAT / €96 incl. VAT per hour: webmaster, development, SEO, SXO, GEO, design, OSINT and AI services, packages and maintenance.

  6. Scenario

    A rumour repeated in a loop

    Several articles appear to confirm an announcement, but each traces back to one initial post with an unidentified source.

  7. Dossier

    A correct link supports an incorrect phrase

    PRACTICAL CASE / WORKED EXAMPLE

  8. Dossier

    Start with a question before collecting information

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  9. Dossier

    Match the strength of a claim to its evidence

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  10. Guide

    Link each claim to a verifiable passage

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  11. Protocol

    Preserve evidence with its context of use

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  12. Protocol

    Assess a source against the question

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  13. Guide

    Trace the origin of apparent agreement

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  14. Tool

    Compare what the documents actually establish

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  15. Tool

    Write a reference that identifies the passage

    DEEPER READING / PRACTICE

  16. Services

    Entity, evidence & public consistency

    What to prepare : Names and variants, official identifiers, reference pages and conflicting information. Delivery to agree : Sourced entity record, distinguished variants and public corrections awaiting approval.

  17. Services

    AEO/GEO answer pages

    What to prepare : Real questions, expected answer, available evidence and qualifications to retain. Delivery to agree : Pages answering questions directly, with visible references and limits.

  18. Services

    Document corpus structuring

    What to prepare : Authorised documents, owners, dates, versions and corpus access rules. Delivery to agree : Document organisation, claim provenance and update rules.

  19. Guide

    Diagnose weak visibility in Search and AI

    Separate technical access, answer quality and observed visibility. A valid sitemap or markup does not guarantee appearance. A diagnosis separating fixable defects, editorial hypotheses and observed visibility.

  20. Guide

    Compare two platforms under the same conditions

    Compare bounded observations without turning a one-off trial into a universal ranking. A dated comparison limited to the questions and recorded conditions.

  21. Tool

    Exercise: Recover the version actually cited

    Which version can support a reference to page 24? A 2023 manuscript and a 2024 edition share a title. The cited page exists only in the 2024 edition.

  22. Guide

    Ten unreadable answers change the meaning of the rate

    Fictional example · no measurement of this site or a client · Of 30 attempts in one programme, 20 answers are readable and 12 cite the target. The other 10 results remain unclassified.

  23. Guide

    ARK: keep the object, authority and view reference

    The Gallica address ark:/12148/bpt6k83037p/f143 has distinct components. ARK is a persistent identifier system. The domain provides access while the assigning authority and assigned name identify an object within its namespace.

  24. Guide

    A 1930 ownership mark does not date the book’s printing

    This reproduction shows an opening of the Library of Congress Gutenberg Bible, with provenance marks on the inside cover. It comes from WDL7782 as relayed by Wikimedia Commons. Describe the work and this copy’s history separately.

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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.

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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.