[WEB4LIB] Term paper requirements

[Mark Stover]

I created the following page that addresses some of these issues:

http://libweb.sdsu.edu/genref/mstover/electronic-information.html

Mark Stover


At 08:16 AM 11/07/2000 -0800, 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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