[WEB4LIB] Term paper requirements

[Mark Gooch]

I generally make the distinction by identifying the commercial resources as
web-delivered vs. web-grown WWW sites/resources.

Mark

Gregory Sennema wrote:

> All.
>
> We often have undergraduate students approaching our reference desk
> asking us to help them find sources for their papers.  Fine.  As we look
> together at some of our Research Databases, we invariably come across a
> full text article which looks promising; but when I suggest that this is
> a possible source for them to use, they shake their heads and say that
> they already have the allowed number of web sources they are allowed to
> use for this paper as dictated by their professor....
>
> It is apparent that both our students and faculty (let alone myself)
> are having a hard time understanding this world of
> - print articles in print
> - print articles on film
> - print articles that are online for free (legal and illegally)
> - print articles that are online in a subscription service
> - print books in print
> - print books that are online for free (legal and illegally)
> - print books that are online in a subscription service
> - web content on dot com, gov, edu, net (etc.) sites
> - other
>
> While there are many questions that can be asked, my specific question
> is what can we suggest to our faculty on what type of sources they can
> ask of their students to use for their papers?  How can we succinctly
> convey that online journal articles in a "subscription-based aggregated
> database" (without using these annoying words) are really not on the
> internet, but just via the internet?  How can we get around the fact
> that Time Magazine articles are available in print, online for free, and
> as part of a subscription-based aggregated database?
>
> In short, what terminology could we suggest to faculty who require that
> students look for information from a variety of sources and formats?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Greg Sennema
> Digital Resources Librarian
> Hekman Library
> Calvin College & Calvin Theological Seminary
> 3207 Burton St SE
> Grand Rapids, MI 49546
> tel: (616) 957-8455
> fax: (616) 957-6470

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Mark D. Gooch
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