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Donna Johnstone

Project Manager: RDInfo

How much Information is there in the World? The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world

128 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves.

The collections include:

more than 29 million books and other printed materials

2.7 million recordings 12 million photographs

4.8 million maps, 5 million music items

57 million manuscripts.

RDInfo – How can we help?Gaining Access to Information

How much Information is there in the World?

The world produces between 1 and 2 exabytes of unique information per year, which is roughly 250 megabytes for every man, woman, and child on earth.

RDInfo – How can we help?Gaining Access to Information

A Megabyte is one million bytes 1,000,000

A small novel

A Gigabyte is a thousand Megabytes 1,000,000,000

A small van filled with paper

A Terabyte is a thousand Gigabytes 1,000,000,000,000

A Petabyte is a thousand Terabytes 1,000,000,000,000,000

2 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries

An Exabyte is a thousand Petabytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000

2 Exabytes: Total volume of information generated worldwide annually.

5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.

A Zettabyte is a thousand Exabytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A Yottabyte is a thousand Zettabytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

RDInfo – How can we help?Gaining Access to Information

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RDDirect -> Advice on Research

RDFunding -> Information on Funding

RDLearning -> Directory of Training

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What information we hold

How to find information within our resources

How we keep it up to date

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Web links National Research Register NHS Research & Development Forum Online calculator

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Telephone Help line Solve it - Direct them where to look or how to do it Refer them to an advisor who will help

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1. Turn your idea into a research question

2. Review the literature

3. Design the study and develop your method(s)

4. Writing your research proposal

5. Issues about funding

6. Obtain ethical and trust approval

7. Collect and collate the data

8. Analyse the data and interpret findings

10. Report on the study and disseminate the

findings

9. Implications of your research for clinical

practice

• First Stage• Discuss your ideas with others• Other issues to consider

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5. Issues about funding

Advice about funding

Costing checklist

Salaries

Paying consumers involved in research

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6.12060340US Sources

25.427911Research Councils

8.4946112Professional Body

2.23516Pharmaceutical Industry

3.631487NHS and Government Funding

4.11184291Main Funding Bodies

1.2459390Long Shots

3.9573147European Funding

Average Number of Grants

Number of Grants

Number of CharitiesCategory

General AssistanceGeneral Assistance

How to get startedHow to get started

Searches - Criteria and free textSearches - Criteria and free text

NewsflashNewsflash

Register for updatesRegister for updates

Email support, FAQ, Student bursariesEmail support, FAQ, Student bursaries

Electronic application formsElectronic application forms

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Palliative Care cancerpain

nursesoccupational therapists

aromatherapyphysiotherapy

heart failure

renal failure

community carephysiotherapy

primary care

Think broadly - breadth & depth

Searches

General AssistanceGeneral Assistance

General support

– Checklists for costing a proposal

– Salary scales for University and NHS staff

– Grant evaluation checklist

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Other Support :Special Editions

Community Practitioners & Health Visitors

Allied Health Professionals

Cancer Children Dentistry

Diabetes Genetics

Fellowships Studentships

Mental Health Nurses & Midwives

Older People Coronary Heart Disease

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RDLearningRDLearningwww.rdlearning.org.ukwww.rdlearning.org.uk

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141Research Network

155University

1614Total

16RDSU

28Joint Institute

207Charitable Body

212NHS Trust

271Training Organisation

584Professional Body

NumberTypes of Organisation

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16Associate Student Schemes

87Distance Learning

402Conferences

1779Short Course

1792Workshop/Seminars

1195Degree Courses - Research

3506Degree Courses -Taught

NumberType of Course or Event

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SupportSpecial Editions

Health Research Skills

Public Health Palliative Care

Complementary Medicine

Nursing Dentistry Midwifery

Critical Appraisal Skills

Frequently Asked Questions & Help

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Journals Register on email lists Charity Commission Request postgraduate prospectuses General internet search NHS Organisations RDSUs Netminders Linkcheckers

RDInfo works hard to provide an essential and valued information service for UK health researchers

Contact:

Donna Johnstone

Telephone: 0113 2951122 or

Email: info@rdinfo.org.uk

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