Scrutinii: Cavite National Science High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Students check the library to browse for titles manually. Most schools fail to acquire systemized storages for data. This difficulty is what gave the researcher the idea of making a desktop application database that aims to make browsing through research papers in Cavite National Science High School easier and more efficient.

METHODS

The researchers used the Visual Basic (VB) programming environment from Microsoft where a programmer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to choose and modify preselected sections of a code written in the BASIC programming language. The researcher first asked for permission from the officials of the school to gain access and show research papers from the students who conducted the research. To compile the research papers in the database, the researchers scanned the papers using mobile scanning applications. The scanned data were encoded into the database program. The database program has a log-in and registration feature for the students and school officials. It also features a search engine, filters and tags for more convenient usage and browsing. After making the database, it is tested using a survey and the selected students of Cavite National Science High School from all levels are picked and took the survey and have used the database.

RESULTS

The results showed that the students who took the survey gave the database Very Satisfactory ratings in terms of accuracy, user-friendliness and content. Only 4% of the total respondents gave the database the rating of 2 in terms of its accuracy. 96% of them gave the database a rating of 3 in terms of the said category. 6% of the total respondents from grades 7-10 gave the database the rating of 2 in terms of its user-friendliness. 94% of them gave the database a rating of 3 in terms of the said category. 3% of the total respondents from grades 7-10 gave the database the rating of 2 in terms of its content. 97% of them gave the database a rating of 3 in terms of the said category.

DISCUSSIONS

The database based on the survey is very effective in searching and browsing research papers easily and faster. Similar research about this is the database of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines which only include the abstract of the researches. The Scrutinii database have parts of the paper from front page, abstract, Chapters 1 to 5 for papers published from 2010 up to 2018. This makes this research very effective in making it easy to browse and search student researches in Cavite National Science High School.