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Yes, it will index any drive you point it at. I chose Copernic over Google at the time, because Goggle was not able to index network drives. This may not be the situation any more. Humphrey Dr Humphrey Dunn Head of Knowledge Services Clinical Sciences Library University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire Clifford Bridge Road Coventry, CV2 2DX Tel: 02476 968829 Internal Extension: 28829 Fax: 02476 968810 -----Original Message----- From: Dobson, Malcolm [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 July 2005 12:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Article in Lancet on full-text searching Does it work with real - as opposed to virtual - desktops? Malcolm S. Dobson -----Original Message----- From: Dunn Humphrey (RKB) Head of Knowledge Services [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 July 2005 11:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Article in Lancet on full-text searching Not wishing to get into the copyright debate, I just wanted to say that I have been using Copernic Desktop Search for over a year and the software is excellent. I am able to find e-mails, word or pdf documents and pictures across all my network drives in seconds. It is a great way to create organisation out of chaos! Highly recommended! Humphrey Dr Humphrey Dunn Head of Knowledge Services Clinical Sciences Library University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire Clifford Bridge Road Coventry, CV2 2DX Tel: 02476 968829 Internal Extension: 28829 Fax: 02476 968810 -----Original Message----- From: Woodley Zena (RQ8) Mid Essex Hospital [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 July 2005 11:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Article in Lancet on full-text searching That's not how I read it! But perhaps I've not ingested sufficient coffee this morning... cheers - Zena Woodley, Library Services Manager The Warner Library, Broomfield Hospital Chelmsford CM1 7ET T; 01245 514310 E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (shared mailbox) -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ayre Stephen (5EG) North Eastern Derbyshire PCT Sent: 18 July 2005 11:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIS-MEDICAL] Article in Lancet on full-text searching Reading the letter in the Lancet, it would appear that Lagos and Gambadauro are proposing to replace hand searching with downloading articles from publisher sites and then performing a desk-top search. While I have no doubt that such an approach would be more effective than a manual hand search, surely the copying of whole issues of journals to one's hard drive that would be necessary is an infringement of copyright, unless of course it were permitted in the publisher's licence. Regards, Stephen Ayre MCLIP Library and Knowledge Skills Outreach Officer North Derbyshire Health Informatics Service The Shrubberies, 46 Newbold Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7PL Tel: 01246 225 160 Mob: 07879 893 661 Fax: 01246 225 151 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Hilton Boon Michele Sent: 18 July 2005 10:46 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Article in Lancet on full-text searching Is there anything in copyright law to state that a copy made by an individual for personal use may not be stored indefinitely? I believe it's libraries that can't keep copies of articles received via ILL for transmission to users. The users themselves can keep them - that's what 'personal use' is all about. An engine that searches one's own computer files serves a profoundly different purpose than large scholarly databases. Why push our users towards ungainly, time-consuming database searches when they are trying to meet an information need in a more efficient way - searching within a 'results set' they have created themselves? I know we have been programmed to believe that every question requires a database search to find an answer, but it just ain't so. From the clinician's point of view, a full-scale database search should be the last resort in answering a question, not the first. Quite possibly by the time they come to us, they are at the stage of requiring a database search. But if they're looking for a way to search their own archives for an answer, surely we should help them to meet their stated need rather than telling them they need something different. Regards, Michele --- Michele Hilton Boon Opinionated Information Scientist National Prescribing Centre -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ellingham Susanne (RTF) NHCT Sent: 18 July 2005 10:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Article in Lancet on full-text searching There is a letter in the current Lancet 16 July 2005 Vol 366, No 9481. p203 about using desktop search software to "search ... articles stored on a personal computer on a full-text basis - articles which are widely available for download from the publishers." What are the copyright implications if a library user comes and asks for assistance with this? My gut reaction is to suggest that they learn to use advanced techniques of searching with filters in Dialog/Ovid, rather than just PubMed/Embase. Maybe do a follow-up search using journal webpages individually or through eg Proquest. Next that they make use of Google Scholar - but I am not sure how comprehensive this would be. I think just searching what you have downloaded could be rather limiting even if you also have full-text CDs of appropriate journals. - and I'm very uneasy about copyright since I reckon users wouldn't be deleting their stash of articles as soon as they have identified and printed off what they need ..... Susanne Susanne Ellingham Librarian Hexham General Hospital HEXHAM NE46 1QJ 01434 655420 (direct) or 01434 655655 Ext 5420 The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the NHS Code of Openness or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 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