ERIC Number: ED305078
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Nov
Pages: 61
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The University of Houston Libraries' Chemistry Research Information Service: A Research Support Service Based on End-User Searching and Document Delivery. Final Report.
Bailey, Charles W., Jr.
This report on a funded project that established a chemistry research information service for researchers in the University of Houston's chemistry department provides detailed descriptions of the three objectives of the project, together with an explanation of how each objective was/is to be accomplished. These objectives were/are: (1) to document the establishment of an innovative research support service that effectively integrates access to computerized databases with a document delivery system for printed materials; (2) to collect and evaluate data on the value of electronic information products to researchers; and (3) to publicize the results of the project for the benefit of research chemists, libraries, and the publishing industry. This report is considered to fulfill the first objective, and an attitude survey sent to 174 researchers in the chemistry department at the end of the project is described as the means of meeting the second objective. A first step in accomplishing the third objective was the submission of this final report to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources for inclusion in the ERIC database; future dissemination activities are expected to take the form of the presentation of the findings in scholarly articles and talks. Nine tables and two figures are provided in the report, and complete survey results are presented in a five-part appendix. (CGD)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers; Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Authoring Institution: Houston Univ., TX. Libraries.
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