Electronic Sources and their importance in scientific research: an analytical study for agricultural intellectual product in Iraqi Virtual scientific Library (IVSL)

Abstract

The research aims to identify the characteristics of intellectual production provided by the Iraqi virtual scientific library in the field of agricultural production in various languages for the years (2000-2011) in the form of periodicals and journal articles, specialized scientific and research conferences, databases, and analysis of formal, objective and time to identify the characteristics and stages of growth, weakness, the documentary analysis methods has been used it to achieve the aims of this study. Farming techniques in general and (Plant Tissue Culture Techniques) and ((Soilless culture Technique)) and (Genetic Engineering Technique) in particular. The Research results: 1. Totaled electronic sources provided by the Iraqi virtual library scientific in the area of intellectual production in agriculture (324) and specialized patrol (10) databases.2. Plant Culture won a good share of attention and the balance of this category of subjects (122 779) articles and Paper conferences, (2000-2011) It's presents 40.3% of the total subjects, articles , Papers of conferences in other disciplines.3. The number of articles were published on the Plant Tissue Culture Techniques: since (2000-2011) / (139) article. The number of articles were published on the subject of Soilless culture Technique since (2010-2011) / (2) article only, the number of articles were published in the techniques of genetic engineering (576), and (283) article were published in different scientific magazines , (293) Papers in different Conference. 4. Most of the articles and research available in the Iraqi Virtual Library is the product of a collective, and considering that the research resulting from Co-Authors of the best individual research.