Criação de um microtesauro multilingue na área da enfermagem
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2012
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Na sequência da experiência adquirida como profissional da Informação e Documentação, tornou-se evidente a inexistência de um Tesauro na Área da Enfermagem, o que
justifica esta investigação. Para a elaboração deste trabalho, foi necessário efectuar uma ampla revisão bibliográfica no âmbito da representação e recuperação da informação, tendo sido igualmente abordada a temática das linguagens documentais, dando especial relevo à construção
de Tesauros.
O Microtesauro apresentado neste trabalho teve como base a análise de uma publicação periódica de referência na área da Enfermagem, designada Nursing. Trata-se de uma revista mensal, dirigida a enfermeiros, que cobre todas as áreas de conhecimento relacionadas com a Enfermagem. Da análise efectuada a este documento, foram identificadas 139 palavras-chave,
candidatas a ser descritores no Tesauro.
Para a construção do Tesauro foi igualmente efectuado um levantamento exaustivo de
23 tesauros nacionais e internacionais existentes em áreas afins, sendo a análise, quantificação e
qualificação dos termos que constituem este Microtesauro efectuada com a colaboração de
docentes da Universidade Atlântica (UATLA), especialistas na área da Saúde e particularmente
na área da Enfermagem.
O Microtesauro na área da Enfermagem, engloba todos os descritores e não descritores,
bem como as sua relações de equivalência, hierárquicas e associativas, sendo construído em
Português, Inglês e Espanhol, visto se tratarem das línguas com maior índice de utilização na
biblioteca da Universidade Atlântica, UATLA, onde o instrumento é aplicado, favorecendo, deste modo, a representação da informação disponível e melhorando a sua acessibilidade.
Para uma melhor compreensão do Tesauro, foi elaborado um quadro com a distribuição das áreas temáticas dos termos, bem como dos descritores e não descritores – que, agrupados em classes, correspondem a 10 áreas do saber relacionadas com a Enfermagem.
Apesar da construção e elaboração de um instrumento documental desta natureza ser geralmente fruto do trabalho de uma equipa multidisciplinar, constituída por profissionais da informação e especialistas na área em estudo, este trabalho resultou de um esforço individual. O software utilizado para a construção do Microtesauro em Enfermagem foi o DocBASE, que veio agilizar a estruturação desta ferramenta documental.
Devido à sua dimensão, o Microtesauro é apresentado em Apêndice no final deste trabalho. Esta formatação não retira a importância de que se reveste esta ferramenta e vai permitir, se necessário, a sua utilização independentemente do trabalho de Investigação onde agora se insere. Este trabalho pretende igualmente, ser um contributo para as Bibliotecas e Centros de Documentação que possuem documentação nesta área específica, vindo colmatar uma
lacuna existente nesta área do conhecimento.
As a professional of Information and Documentation, I have acquired knowledge on this area and it became evident to us the inexistence of a thesauri in the Nursing area, which justifies the development of this research. To develop this work, it was necessary to perform an extensive bibliographic review on the scope of the representation and retrieval of information, having been also addressed the issue of documentary languages, and giving special emphasis on the construction of a Thesauri. The Micro-thesauri presented in this work was based in the analysis of a prestigious publication in the Nursing area, named “Nursing”. It is a monthly magazine for nurses, which covers all areas of knowledge related to Nursing. From the examination of this document 139 keywords were identified and proposed as descriptors in the Thesauri. It was also developed an exhaustive survey of 23 national and international thesaurus related to existing areas. The quantification and qualification of the terms that constitute this Micro-thesaurus was performed with the help of teachers from UATLA, experts in the field of Health in general and in the Nursing area in particular. The Micro-thesauri in the Nursing area includes all descriptors and non descriptors, as well as their equivalence, hierarchical and associative relations. It was built in Portuguese, English and Spanish, the languages with the highest use in the UATLA library, where this instrument is applied, which in turn favors their representation and improves its accessibility. For a better understanding of the Thesauri, it is presented a framework were is possible to see the distribution of the terms concerned to the thematic areas, the descriptors and nondescriptors which are organized in classes, correspond to 10 knowledge areas that are related to Nursing. Despite the construction and development of a documentary instrument of this kind is usually performed by a multidisciplinary team work, formed by professionals and experts in the concerned area, this work is the result of an individual effort. The software used in the nursing Micro-thesaurus construction was DocBase. This system gives more agility to the structuring of this documentary tool. Because of its size, the Micro-thesauri is presented at the end of this work as appendix. This formatting does not remove the importance of this tool and allows its utilization regardless of the research work. This work also intends to be a contribution to all Libraries and Documentation Centers specialized on this specific area, by filling a gap in the knowledge area.
As a professional of Information and Documentation, I have acquired knowledge on this area and it became evident to us the inexistence of a thesauri in the Nursing area, which justifies the development of this research. To develop this work, it was necessary to perform an extensive bibliographic review on the scope of the representation and retrieval of information, having been also addressed the issue of documentary languages, and giving special emphasis on the construction of a Thesauri. The Micro-thesauri presented in this work was based in the analysis of a prestigious publication in the Nursing area, named “Nursing”. It is a monthly magazine for nurses, which covers all areas of knowledge related to Nursing. From the examination of this document 139 keywords were identified and proposed as descriptors in the Thesauri. It was also developed an exhaustive survey of 23 national and international thesaurus related to existing areas. The quantification and qualification of the terms that constitute this Micro-thesaurus was performed with the help of teachers from UATLA, experts in the field of Health in general and in the Nursing area in particular. The Micro-thesauri in the Nursing area includes all descriptors and non descriptors, as well as their equivalence, hierarchical and associative relations. It was built in Portuguese, English and Spanish, the languages with the highest use in the UATLA library, where this instrument is applied, which in turn favors their representation and improves its accessibility. For a better understanding of the Thesauri, it is presented a framework were is possible to see the distribution of the terms concerned to the thematic areas, the descriptors and nondescriptors which are organized in classes, correspond to 10 knowledge areas that are related to Nursing. Despite the construction and development of a documentary instrument of this kind is usually performed by a multidisciplinary team work, formed by professionals and experts in the concerned area, this work is the result of an individual effort. The software used in the nursing Micro-thesaurus construction was DocBase. This system gives more agility to the structuring of this documentary tool. Because of its size, the Micro-thesauri is presented at the end of this work as appendix. This formatting does not remove the importance of this tool and allows its utilization regardless of the research work. This work also intends to be a contribution to all Libraries and Documentation Centers specialized on this specific area, by filling a gap in the knowledge area.
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Orientação: Gisélia Felício
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CIÊNCIAS DOCUMENTAIS, LINGUAGENS DOCUMENTAIS, TESAUROS, ENFERMAGEM, MESTRADO EM CIÊNCIAS DOCUMENTAIS, DOCUMENTARY SCIENCES, DOCUMENTARY LANGUAGES, THESAURI, NURSING