Exploring Online Electronic Information Choices
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Exploring Online Electronic Information Choices
By:Spring Lea BoehlerEmporia State UniversityClass of Colorado V
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Feeling too much of this?
• E=mc2• “Four score and
seven years ago…”• www.overload.com• Pork bellies up 1%• DNA cloning.• Revised Colorado
Statutes.
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And not enough of this or that?
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Let’s see if we can find some balance...
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Dialog.com offers...
• Great breadth of subjects• Exact searches once you know the
language• More than one source on the same
subject
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Dialog.com has some limitations:• Time to learn search language• Time to sort through all the
databases and all the articles in each database
• Cost of access is very high• Some ambiguity about what
content you might be getting (i.e. full text vs. abstract)
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Users most likely to benefit from Dialog. Com are:• Information brokers• Corporate librarians• Some law librarians• Academic librarians• A few public
librarians• Special librarians
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What users might be better served with other online information sources?
• School librarians• Public librarians• Law librarians• Medical librarians
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The following sites were visited and evaluated based on how well they met the criteria for each of the four library types:
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• Uncover• CNN Interactive• NewsLibrary• Midnight at the Internet Café• Pub Med• Food and Drug Administration Home
Page• Center for Disease Control Home Page• American Medical Association Home
Page• Colorado Revised Statutes Online• Legal Resource Section at ACLIN/Marmot
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School libraries see a lot of the following needs from students:• Science questions, especially on types
of experiments for Science Fair• History questions, especially around the
time of History Fair• Current biographies on famous
personalities like Oprah or Kate Winslet.• Current “hot” topics such as abortion,
anorexia nervosa, or euthanasia.
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And the winner is...
• Uncover!• Free searching and
abstracts.• Document delivery
costs money.• Available through
ACLIN. • Http://
www.aclin.org
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This is the main command page for Uncover Article Access.
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Search results for “abortion”
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Search results for “Oprah”
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Public libraries see the following needs for their patrons:• Information about current hot topics
in world and local news• A wide range of reference materials• Genealogy documents• Local and state laws• The ability to get materials they do
not have in house
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And the winner is...
• Midnight at the Internet Café
• Available through ACLIN or as printed booklets
• Http://www.aclin.org/other/community/maic/midnight.htm
• Completely free!
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This is the front page for MAIC
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MAIC’s Reference Categories
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Law libraries need...
• Information about current bills being debated
• Information about recent court decisions
• Easy access to local and state laws• Information about older court
cases
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And the winner is...
• Government sources in Marmot
• Available through ACLIN/Marmot
• Completely free!• Some ILL may be
necessary
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Government Publications available through Marmot.
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Colorado Legislature Information Available at Marmot.
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Medical libraries need:
• Information about current drugs and procedures
• Information about current laws that affect the medical field
• Information about current research developments
• Information about diseases
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And the winner is...
• The FDA page!• Free access• Easy to navigate• Very current
information• Http://
www.fda.gov
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FDA’s front page
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One of the many pages available inside the FDA site
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For full text reviews of each of the sites, visit the Colorado V Home Page atHttp://www.literata.com/co5/
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Thanks for your attention!!!