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The Getty End-User Online Searching Project in the Humanities: Report No. 6: Overview and Conclusions.
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Bates, Marcia J. – College & Research Libraries, 1996
The Getty Information Institute conducted a two-year study of online searching by 27 humanities scholars using DIALOG. Discusses results and recommends that library services: provide interdisciplinary information for humanities scholars; recognize that online searching in humanities may be harder than in sciences; expect wide preferences for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Faculty, Higher Education
Building a Comprehensive Serials Decision Database at Virginia Tech.
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Metz, Paul; Cosgriff, John – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Discussion of library purchasing decisions regarding serials focuses on efforts at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to compile numerous measures into a comprehensive database for decision support. Discusses a faculty survey of serials needs and future implications. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria