I think Jo has hit one nail on the head in the last paragraph. Due to
the increase in multidisciplinary databases and information sources
there are so many places to which we now direct our students.
Looking through the databases available here, for example, I see
that the following *might* be relevant to just about aby enquiry:
Cambridge Journals Online (CJO); CatchWord; CSA Databases;
Digital Dissertations; Emerald; Index to Theses, ingenta;
ScienceDirect; Springer LINK; Web of Science; Wiley; ZETOC etc.
But such wide choice is not very helpful for those researchers not
wanting to spend a disproportionate amount of their time searching
the literature.
Roddy
Date sent: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 18:25:55 -0000
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From: Jo Webb <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Skills vs products
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> I remember 10 years ago that if a
> researcher/student/academic asked you where to find information on a given
> topic you could give a clear, fairly finite list in order of priority.
> Now, if you add in full-text delivery, there are so many other places. So
> where should we go?
Roddy MacLeod <[log in to unmask]>
Senior Faculty Librarian
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164
<http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html>
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