Dear Caroline Howlett:
Your comments shed some light on the rather mysterious
world of providing the electronci PL. I must admit I still find
the price borders on extortion, but then I continually complain about
the price of books. Please accept our rhetoric in the light of the
continual poverty most of us enjoy.
Is Chadwick-Healey considering re-writing the search engine? I
sometimes find the PL engine limiting (particularly when I know I
can do more with the engine attached to the CETEDOC CD-ROM).. I
would be nice have a better filtering mechanism (such as
limiting searches to one disk or groups of authors, etc), and
allowing for *real* wild card searches (ie, multiple case endings).
I have one further query. I have been always uncomfortable in using
the C-H PL because rumour has it that most of the data-entry took place
in the Philipines, where wage conditions are deplorable. I have
continued to use it, however, because I have been unable to confirm
whether this is the truth, or just another way to "diss"
Chadwick-Healey. I don't like to live my life based on rumour
(okay, not my *entire* life!). Perhaps you, Ms Howlett, could set
the record straight.
Cheers
Jim
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James R. Ginther
Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
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