Robin Wake in Western Australia replied to me about an interesting report on
online databases from a professional development session run by a consortium
in Western Australia at:
http://www.apea.asn.au/AISWAWeb/onlinedases.pdf
Debbie Abilock
NoodleTools/NoodleTeach
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie
debbie@noodletools.com
"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The
learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer
exists." -- Eric Hoffer
You may like to look at http://www.apea.asn.au/AISWAWeb/onlinedases.pdf
- a report on a professional development session run by AISWA Libraries
Online Database Consortium in Perth, Western Australia.
Robin
Robin Wake
Head of Library
Hale School. Western Australia
Email : robinw@hale.wa.edu.au
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Debbie Abilock
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 4:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Why databases instead of the Web?
It's interesting you bring this up Floyd. We've just accepted an
article for Knowledge Quest #3 (Jan/Feb 06) issue in which the school
librarian discusses this question. She compares the large aggregator
services in relation to her curricular needs, their overlaps and unique
content, and draws some interesting conclusions about access to "free"
information, as well as scholarly journal archives online and Questia.
(We're developing a comparative matrix online as well.)
Debbie Abilock, Editor
Knowledge Quest
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Floyd
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:43 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] Why databases instead of the Web?
At the risk of being simplistic or argumentative, why do school library
media centers need to continue subscribing to general databases for
student research? Databases with specialized information continue to
have a niche, but could it not be argued for the run of the mill
research paper, students can and do find quality information without
sifting through five different databases?
Floyd
Floyd Pentlin
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