Re: choosing news databases

[Michele Missner <missnerm@ATHENET.NET>]

We have been trial using EBSCO's Internet product and I like it much
better than Proquest.  I do not like Electric Library at all, but I know
that a lot of people do.  Michele


On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Barbara Haynes wrote:

> I am trying to select a newspaper/magazine  database for our high
> school/middle school, and our elementary librarian is looking at some
> also.  We are caught between UMI's Proquest/ JuniorQuest/KidQuest vs.
> Electric Library and NewsBank Curriculum Resource.  There is a vast
> difference in pricing, and it appears that Electric Library gives the
> most bang for the buck, but I'd like some input from those who have
> used one or more of these and feel strongly about them.   Thanks.
>
>
>
> Barbara Haynes, Library Media Specialist
> Stewartville High School, Stewartville, MN
> bhaynes@ssd.k12.mn.us
>
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Michele W. Missner,
Program Leader for Media Services       Library Media Specialist
Appleton Area School District           Appleton West High School
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