[WEB4LIB] Re: New free database from Gale

[Cory Stier]

Has anybody tried accessing this page using IE 5.5? When I go to the page, I
get nothing but the blue background show up. I can view the source code, but
nothing is being displayed on the screen. I have no problems viewing the
page in Netscape.

Regarding finding your search terms in the article, I found the easiest
thing to do was to click on the Print this article link, and then do a
CTRL - F to find it on the page. Print this article brings up the entire
article on one screen.

Cory Stier
Electronic Resources Librarian
Athabasca University Library
1 University Drive
Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
T9S 3A3

Phone: (780) 675-6486
Toll-free: (800) 788-9041 ext. 6486
In Calgary: 263-6465 ext. 6486
In Edmonton: 421-8700 ext. 6486
Fax: (780) 675-6477
E-mail: corys at athabascau.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julia Schult" <jschult at elmira.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: New free database from Gale


> I tried it out and found some very important flaws in its interface.
Hopefully
> those will be fixed soon (I sent them comments about them):
>
> The worst one is that when I told it to search only in its "Reference/Ed"
> category for articles on "cooperative learning", it pulled up *all the
articles
> in the Reference/Ed" category*, seemingly ignoring my search words.  I
tried
> that with a few other categories with the same result.
>
> Another problem is that it searches the full text of the article, but once
you
> find the article you can only search for your term page by page.  I had
searched
> for articles on "Elmira College" and could not find the term in some of
the
> articles pulled up; I had to go page by page doing a word find, so I gave
up
> after the first couple of pages.  Even when you email the article, you are
> really just emailing the url, so you still have to go page by page.
>
> Once the interface works, I'll link to it.  The collection of resources is
> somewhat odd, but useful enough to include it as a resource.
>
> ---Julia E. Schult
> Access/Electronic Services Librarian
> Elmira College
> Jschult at elmira.edu
>
> "Drew, Bill" wrote:
>
> > Carole Leita featured this in her weekly newsletter.  I have quoted the
> > following with her permission.  She also wanted me to know that the
database
> > is not fully developed and indexed yet.  I think it is important because
> > such services will have a clear impact on what services libraries
purchase
> > for their patrons.  We need to discuss such issues.  Remember
Britannica?
> > The free version had more content and services than the paid version.
That
> > is why SUNY dropped its state wide subscriptions to it.
> >
> > From: Carole Leita [mailto:cleita at webjunction.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 3:16 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [LIIWEEK] July 12, 2000
> >
> > Best of...
> > FindArticles.com -
> > http://www.findarticles.com/
> > This database of "hundreds of thousands of articles from more
> > than 300 magazines and journals, dating back to
> > 1998" can be searched by all magazines, magazines within
> > categories, or specific magazine. A very few of the
> > publications, including Scientific American, only have
> > abstracts. Following in the footsteps of Britannica.com's
> > putting its encyclopedia and full text of some 70 magazines
> > online, this service is the first traditional periodical
> > aggregator to release its material on the Web with ad
> > revenues as the sole funding mechanism. LookSmart will
> > categorize the Gale Group content and target specific
> > advertisements to complement the article content. - cl
> > Subjects: Periodicals | Full-text
> >
> > ___________________
> > Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> > Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
> > SUNY Morrisville College Library
> > drewwe at morrisville.edu
> > Home: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/
> > Not Just Cows: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/
> > Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/
> > Have Laptop -- Will Travel.
> >
> > Believers and doers are what we need -- faithful librarians who are
humble
> > in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of
all
> > experiences. This awareness of library's unique, even sacred nature, is
what
> > should be instilled in our neophites. - A Passion for Books Lawrence
Clark
> > POWELL (1906- )
> > "I feed your body, while you feed your mind." Found in library cafe
> > "When you absolutely positively have to know, ask a librarian." ALA
Poster
> > A keeper of books. - Anonymous
> > "Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." CICERO
> >
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