Fwd: [WEB4LIB] FW: Questia: who is behind it?

[Renee J. LaPerriere]

Actually, one of my best friends is . . .
seriously, I do have a friend who is part of Questia.  If Questia has 
employed people of her caliber, then I have to give Questia some credit at 
least for hiring impressive folks.

I particularly liked the following comment by Charles Gimon--we've been 
talking about this very topic.
>"I find it amusing that they're marketing this service to a generation of
>students who've grown up on pirated music, software and porn. If the service
>does become popular among students, there will be Questia password sharing
>and cracking sites popping up like mushrooms."

I've tried using Questia twice (I'm using my free demo month). I can't say 
I'm very impressed yet--I'd be more inclined to use netLibrary.
However, there are still a couple weeks left for me to play with it. Maybe 
I'll change my mind?

Renee
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Renée LaPerrière de Gutiérrez
Reference/Special Collections Librarian
rlaperriere at tamiu.edu
http://www.tamiu.edu/~rlaperriere/

Texas A&M International University
Killam Library #308
5201 University Blvd.
Laredo, TX  78041-1900
Phone:(956)326-2404
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