Philip Rose posted on June 28, 2012 11:41
To help research become more easily available, the EIPPEE project has developed an online search-portal that will enable users to identify quality assured research.
This is divided into two main components:
- A search engine that enables users to search multiple websites simultaneously; and
- A map of resources, indexed by region.
The search engine is designed to allow registered users to submit new websites, so that the list of relevant sources is expected to grow over time. Registered users will also have the possibility to create their own, private list of sources, expanding the scope of the search engine. The search engine uses the Microsoft Bing search API, and further extends Bing output: results can be ordered by source and main topics are automatically extracted and displayed. We believe this approach will be very useful to allow carrying fast and focussed searches, yielding a high number of relevant results. Also, it is expected to significantly raise the visibility and usefulness of regional evidence repositories.
The portal already includes one sub-portal, the 'UK Educational Evidence Portal' and there are plans for a second one, specialised in systematic reviews.
The search portal is now available to use.
A quick guide is available for download. Please also read the Advanced Guide, to discover how to use the full potential of this new tool.
