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The home page of the International Bank of Educational Objects (BIOE) has features
that allow the recovery of content, in other words, access to educational objects available at BIOE. The home page maintains the basic structure
of repositories based on DSpace and is divided into four main parts: Header, Sidebar Menu, Desktop and Footer.
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is divided into two parts: internal and external access to the repository. In the
scope outside the repository, identifies the governmental entity responsible for BIOE, in this case the Ministry of Education (MEC), and allows
access to other services offered by the MEC. The scope inside the repository presents: BIOE’s logo, which identifies the site and allows you to
access the home page of the bank; Search Engine, responsible for locating educational objects through the use of simple terms (one word) or
compound (more than one word), the search result appears on the desktop of the page; Language Tools, which allows you to choose the language
in which you want to view the homepage, messages and buttons from BIOE. Currently BIOE is available in Portuguese, English and Spanish;
Accessibility Tools, which allow the increase of font’s size and the adjustment of contrast; User ID, displays the name of the registered
user, logged in the repository. It’s nice to keep in mind that the recovery of objects is free to all users, there is no need to login to
locate and download objects, but those who want more features, can register on BIOE, which is free and allows, for example, sending
alerts of new items.
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Back to topSidebar menu
the side navigation menu has two separate sessions. The first refers to the location of educational objects and the second to the tool of
support and administration of the Bank. The location allows you to see the organization of the Bank, which is divided into levels of
education and type of resources. In this session educational objects deposited in BIOE can be recovered in the form of lists. For more
information, see Browse. The support and administration tools are only available to registered users. For more
information see: sBank Login.
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Back to topDesktop
area where information is displayed. The results of the recovery of educational objects are listed in this area. Offers some readiness of
navigation and search. The desktop can be divided into: location bar, navigation options, search engine with filter and news side bar.
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Back to topFooter
this area is visible on all pages. Contains information about the project and has a facility for sending messages to BIOE’s support team.
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Desktop
The desktop can be divided into: location bar, navigation options, search engine with filter and news side bar.
Back to topLocation bar
identifies the system’s area in which the user is browsing. The presented information is made up of links that allow you to return to another
point in the system. When navigating through the pages of the Bank new links will be added to the Location Bar, allowing greater independence
to the user navigation;
Back to topNavigation area
presents the access links to the hierarchical levels that structure BIOE. Through these links, you can navigate through levels of education
and find the educational objects classified by area and type of resource. For more information see: Browse.
Back to topSearch engine with filter
enables retrieval of educational objects by restricting the search by: country, language and type of resource. The filters work by restricting
the search only for educational objects that have the selected feature, so when choosing the language "Portuguese" and the feature "video",
the search will be made only in videos classified in Portuguese language. For more information see: Search.
Back to topSide bar
features news of interest to BIOE. The home page offers the functionality of feed subscription (RSS) and viewing of news provided by the
Administrator. In the pages relating to levels of education and type of resource, this area offers the latest deposited objects.
Back to top Find Educational Object
To locate and retrieve educational objects there are two basic paths: through the search engine or browsing through the Bank. The use option
of the search engine has three features: simple search, search with filter and advanced search. The simple search allows you to retrieve
educational objects by simple terms (one word) or compound (more than one word). The search with filter lets you retrieve educational
resources restricted by country, language and type of resource. The advanced search offers a number of features and intersections between the
fields, through the use of Boolean operators.
The search results will be displayed on the desktop. To access the educational object, simply click on the title of the object.
Back to topSimple Search
The Simple Search tool appears in the header at the top right and is available on all pages of the Bank. The Simple Search searches for the
informed term in all description fields of the educational object. The result is presented in the form of lists ranked by title on the desktop.
Back to topSearch with Filter
The search with filter allows you to retrieve educational objects by country, language and type of resource. The Boolean operator linking the
options is "and". Thus, when you select the country "Brazil", the resource type "video" and put the word "geography" in the search box, the
tool will search all over BIOE for all the geography videos produced in Brazil.
Back to topAdvanced Search
The Advanced Search allows you to specify fields and make combinations between fields via the Boolean operators "AND", "OR" or "NOT”. To use
this feature select the "Advanced Search" option, available on the page header, then select the desired field in the left and enter the term
on the right. If you want to use more than one field, choose the Boolean operator between fields and enter the term for the search.
You can narrow the search to a community or search the entire repository. To narrow the search to a community, just select it from the list
that appears at the top of the form. The default is to search the entire repository.
Note
Completion of the advanced search form should be made in descending order, i.e., from top to bottom. One can not, for example, fill the
first line, skip the second and fill the third.
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The repository uses the Jakarta Lucene search engine. Some important information to carry out a search:
Back to topWhere the search is performed
The search is made in the metadata of the resource, i.e., in all fields that describe the resource, such as author, title, etc. The words used
for the search are compared with the ones existing in these metadata.
Back to topStop Words: Words not allowed in the search
Some words are not considered in searches, such as articles, prepositions and / or conjunctions. These words are not indexed to speed up the
search. Some of these words in English are listed below: "a", "and" , "are" , "as" , "at" , "be" , "but" , "by" , "for" , "if" , "in" , "into",
"is" ,"it" ,"no" , "not" , "of" , "on" , "or" , "such", "the" , "to" , "was", etc.
Back to topTruncation
The truncation allows you to locate an object using only a part of the word. This is useful when there is a spelling doubt. To best use this
feature use an asterisk (*) after the word to be found indicating that you want to check the items with words beginning with the searched
fragment. To better illustrate, all the objects in your description that have words beginning with "educ *" are searched, and they may be:
education, educational, educate, educated, etc.
Back to topRecover morphological variations (Stemming)
The search engine automatically expands the word, being able to recover words that are in the plural or inflected. Example: If the search is
for "fish", it will also recover "fishing", "fished", etc.
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Search by phrase
To search for a compound or phrase you must put quotation marks (“ ”) around them. To better illustrate, all objects that have the words "dog
and cat" in this format in their description are searched.
Back to topBoolean operator AND
Allows you to find the objects that mandatorily contain the searched words in their description. The Boolean operator (“AND”) must necessarily
be written in capital letters, so that the search engine can distinguish between the conjunction and the Boolean operator. To better illustrate,
all the objects that mandatorily have the words "technical" AND "education" in their description, regardless of the order or the place where
they appear, are searched.
Important!
Note that these words can be in separate fields or in reverse order.
Back to topBoolean operator OR
Allows you to find the objects that have in their descriptions at least one of the searched words. The Boolean operator (“OR”) must necessarily
be written in capital letters, so that the search engine can distinguish between the conjunction and the Boolean operator. To better illustrate,
all the objects that have the words "technical" or the word "superior" in their description, regardless of the order or the place where they
appear, are searched.
Important!
Note that these words can be in separate fields or in reverse order.
Back to topBoolean operator NOT
Allows you to find the objects that have in their descriptions the first, but not the second word searched. The Boolean operator (“NOT”) must
necessarily be written in capital letters, so that the search engine can distinguish between the conjunction and the Boolean operator. To
better illustrate, all the objects that mandatorily have the word "education" and don’t have the word "technical" in their description are
searched.
Important!
The Boolean operator NOT is used to narrow the search.
Back to topThe use of parentheses
Parentheses can be used to group search terms. This technique helps to facilitate the creation of more complex queries, because it creates a
precedence in the search, which searches first for the grouped terms.
To better illustrate, all the objects that mandatorily have the words "house" and "cat" in their description are searched.
Important!
The order and the operators change the outcome, so they may or may not be the same that was used in the search argument .
Back to top Browse
The BIOE is organized hierarchically in a structure formed by education levels and types of resources. Two options are available to allow
navigation by the informational structure of the Bank and they are: Level of Education & Resource Type (located on the left menu) and the
pictorial menu on the desktop. The two options are equivalent and allow you to, at any hierarchical level, view all educational objects
related to the structure in which you’re in.
Back to topLevel of Education & Resource Type
Allows you to browse through the levels of education and view its resources. Click on the available option in the left menu to access the
facility. When you click on the option Education Level & Type of Resources the desktop will present the levels of education that exist in the
Bank. All levels are arranged in the form of a link that allows you to browse through the informational structure of the Bank. Click on the
level of education or type of resource that you want to know the hierarchical structure of the Bank or have access to the deposited digital
objects.
Note:
The number that appears in brackets after each "Level of Education & Type of Resources" refers to the amount of educational objects deposited
in that level and type of resource.
Note:
When you access the page of the desired Level of Education & Resource Type you can generate the list of existing objects ordered by title,
author, subject or date by clicking the buttons or by using the search engine, which restricts the search to the level of education or type
of resource.
Back to topIconographic menu of the levels of education
Allows you to browse through the levels of education and view its objects. Clicking on the icon that corresponds to the desired level of
education, you will be referred to the only page of that level of education. You can refine the view by clicking on the links that will be
presented. At any time you can generate lists of existing educational objects. To do this, click on the title to generate a list of educational
objects ranked alphabetically by title. Click on "by date" to generate a list of educational objects ordered by date of publication, and so on.
Note:
The number that appears in brackets after each "Level of Education & Type of Resources" refers to the amount of educational objects deposited
in that level or type of resource.
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When you access the page of the desired Level of Education & Resource Type you can generate the list of existing objects ordered by title,
author, subject or date by clicking the buttons or by using the search engine, which restricts the search to the level of education or type
of resource.
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Back to topGenerate lists ordered according to an option
The Bank has five options for generating ordered lists of deposited educational objects: Title, Author, Subject, Theme and Deposit Date. To
access them just click on the options located in the left menu. Use the lists to access the desired object and to know the repository. In all
options a tool is available to facilitate access, which will be appropriate to the type of option chosen. Navigation links like "next page"
or "previous page" will be available to facilitate access to objects.
Back to topList the Educational Resources by Title
Allows you to list all the resources available in the Bank, ranked alphabetically by title. When you click on the option of the left menu, the
system will present on the desktop an alphabetized list of all deposited educational objects. You can navigate through the title’s pages
through the links "next page" and "previous page". A search and shortcut tool will be offered on the desktop. The link alphabet serves as a
shortcut to get to the titles beginning with the letter. The search engine allows you to find the desired term in the title.
Note:
the symbol shown in the type refers to the type of media, which may be video, audio, text, etc.
Back to topList the Educational Resources by Author
Lists all the authors of the database ranked alphabetically by last name (as the citation) in the form of link. Clicking on the name of the
author, all educational objects by that author will be shown on a list, in the form of link, ordered by title or by date of deposit. To access
the objects, simply click on the title of the educational object. A shortcut and search tool will be available to facilitate access to the
authors names. The shortcut tool is a link alphabet. Click on the letter and all the names of authors whose last name begins with that letter
will be presented (as the citation). "Next page" and "previous page" links facilitate the navigation between pages.
Back to topList the Educational Resources by Subject
Lists all terms that were entered to the Bank as subject. Provides an alphabetized list of all subjects in the form of link. Click on the term
to list the educational objects that contain that subject. The list of educational objects will be displayed alphabetically or by date of
deposit in the bank. A shortcut and search tool will be available to facilitate access to the subject terms. The shortcut tool is a link
alphabet. Click on the letter and all the subject terms that begin with that letter will be presented. "Next page" and "previous page" links
facilitate the navigation between pages.
Back to topList the Educational Resources by Theme
Lists all themes inserted in the Bank that have educational objects. Provides an alphabetized list of all themes in the form of link. The
themes have a complete hierarchy to facilitate the full context, because if there was only the theme music, for example, it would not be
possible to identify the educational context. Click on the theme that you want to list the educational objects that contain registered
resources. The list of educational objects will be displayed alphabetically or by date of deposit in the bank. A shortcut and search tool will
be available to facilitate access to the themes. The shortcut tool is a link alphabet. Click on the letter and all themes that begin with that
letter will be presented. "Next page" and "previous page" links facilitate the navigation between pages.
Back to topList the Educational Resources by Date
Lists all educational objects of the Bank chronologically, from the most recent deposits. A shortcut and search tool will be available to
facilitate access to the themes. The shortcut tool has two boxes for month and year, which allows you to choose the month and year that you
want to the list to begin from. The search engine allows you to search by deposit year. "Next page" and "previous page" links facilitate the
navigation between pages.
Note:
the symbol shown in the type refers to the type of media, which may be video, audio, text, etc.
Back to top Bank Login
You can log in the Bank through the option My Space, located on the sidebar menu at the homepage.
Back to topNew user
The bank login allows access to various facilities, for example, to receive notices of new deposits in resource types of interest (alert
service). The BIOE has a simple registration system based on communication via electronic messages. The My Space menu allows the new user to
register himself through the link "New User".
The self-registration is mediated by electronic mail (e-mail). The personal identification (user id) is a valid e-mail address used for
communication. Because, when you click on the link "New User", a page will appear asking you to inform a valid e-mail address. After
completing the field and clicking on subscribe, the system will send an electronic message to the previously informed e-mail address to
continue the registration.
The electronic message sent will test the e-mail address and confirm the registration. The message will contain a link that will allow you
to identify yourself and enter a password. Then, at the end of the process, you can make use of the facilities offered to registered users.
Back to topRegistered user
If you are already registered at the Bank (if not, check the previous section) you may log in and use the facilities offered to registered
users. To enter the BIOE, click on "My Space", the verification page will appear and allow the login, enter the personal identification (e-mail)
and password and click "enter". If you forgot your password, you can get it through that space.
Back to topAlert service
When accessing a resource type, by the process of browsing, you can register to receive notifications of new deposits. This feature is only
available to users who are registered, if you’re not, search how to do it. You can request the alert service for as many types of objects you
want and ask to cancel the service at the alert service option, available in the menu at the home page.
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