Re: [LM_NET] Encyclopedias? - truncation, etc

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

Could you point to some reviews discussing these issues?


Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific Middle School, Vancouver WA
Pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
Beiffert at egreen wednet edu
beiffert.net


> Mark Williams wrote
> Although many students can access the same information at once from an
> electronic encyclopedia subscription, you still need (read: MUST have)  a
> print encyclopedia.  Here's why:
>
> 1.  Even the broadest coverage on line encyclopedias often truncate their
> longest articles
> 2.  Many of the on line editions of encyclopedias have only a subset of the
> full print version's articles, i.e. they do not have every article the
> print version has
> 3. They often lack the graphic study aides the print versions have (topic
> outlines, subject trees, etc.)... for students who are having trouble with
> organizing a report of information, these are invaluable
> 4.  Some students find that reading print information on the monitor screen
> is very difficult, especially for more than a few minutes at a time
> and
> 5.  You will spend a small fortune in paper and toner with printing
> articles from on line encyclopedias...some form of copy control will be
> necessary, meaning staff time to supervise and/or expensive copy card
> vending machines and printer control software
>
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