Dear Colleagues,
I originally posted this survey
http://www.kovacs.com/surveys/bioscicoresurvey.html to nifl-health,
mla-healthlit, medref-l, medlib-l, medwebmasters-l, mmatrix-l,
CAPHIS, Publib, Libref-L, LIS-LINK, DIG_REF, ERIL-L, LIS-Scitech,
STS-L, ELDNET, Govdoc-L and livereference. Please feel free to
forward these results to your local or regional discussion lists or
individuals that might be interested. This survey only had 10 usable
survey responses but the results are nonetheless interesting:
3. What are the essential 3-5 print Biological Sciences reference
sources that you can't work without in answering reference questions
(e.g., laws, codes, statistics, etc.)? Only 2 got multiple votes.
1. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
2. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
These print Biological Sciences reference sources received 2 votes each:
Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (Bergey)
Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Bergey)
4. What are the essential 3-5 Web-accessible or other Biological
Sciences databases that you can't work without in answering reference
questions (e.g., laws, codes, statistics, etc.)? The Top 4 Web Sites
- Some sites tied in votes:
1. PubMed - http://www.pubmed.gov
2. AGRICOLA - http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/, BIOSIS -
http://www.biosis.org/, and Web of Science -
http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos
3. Biological Abstracts - http://www.biosis.org/
4. Science Citation Index - http://scientific.thomson.com/products/sci/
Cordially,
Diane
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