INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH WORK OF APPLICANT FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to highlight the role of information support in the study, identify stages of research and collection of scientific information, identify its sources, determine the possibilities of access and usage by researchers of the World Wide Web and the environment of digital civilization in research work for Ph.D. students. The methodology of the research consists in the application of general scientific and special research methods, in particular, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, generalization and abstraction, review-analytical, classification, terminological, description and comparison, which allowed revealing the status and role of information support for the research activity. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the generalization of knowledge concerning the role of information support, systematization of sources and stages of search as well as a collection of scientific information. It has been proven that the efficiency and speed of searching for scientific information with unlimited possibilities of access and use are provided by the global Internet and the active formation of the environment of digital civilization, primarily electronic libraries and digital archives. It has been confirmed that an important role in terms of the search and analysis of the structure and dynamics of arrays as well as flows of scientific information belongs to scientometrics, which is carried out by scientific databases. The most authoritative of the ones are Web of Science and Scopus. Conclusions. Scientific information enriches the idea of scientific communication in general and provides new qualitative opportunities in the context of the research. The search for scientific information is carried out in libraries, through library and information institutions, national services of scientific and technical information, the Internet, electronic libraries, digital archives. The ability to promptly find and process the necessary information on the research topic while applying modern information technology is incredibly valuable for applicants for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and a responsible stage of scientific research. Keywords: information support of research work, postgraduate studies, training of doctors of philosophy, search and collection of scientific information, Internet, an environment of objects of digital civilization.