[WEB4LIB] Database in your face?

[Fernando Gómez]

Sarah:

What about a rather descriptive (though not so short) label, like "Journals
& other electronic resources"?

Regards,

Fernando Gómez

Biblioteca Dr. Antonio Monteiro
Instituto de Matemática de Bahía Blanca
Universidad Nacional del Sur
Bahía Blanca - Argentina



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Graham" <Sarah_Graham at emerson.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:38 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Database in your face?


> Our recent web site usability test is telling us loud and clear that users
> (in our case students, faculty and other users of our college) do not
relate
> the process of finding a journal/magazine article to choosing a
"database."
>
> The question is, what do you all call your list of databases? Some
libraries
> call them "Electronic Resources," (or e-Resources) but I'm not sure that
> this is all that clear, either. Some other libraries have opted for a link
> to "Journals," but then many of our librarians rightly claim that there is
> much more in our databases than just journal articles.
>
> Do any of you have a solution that has worked in your library?
>
> Truth be told, part of the issue on our web page is that we have a tool
for
> finding out which of our databases a particular journal is available in.
> We've called it "Journal Locator" - so consequently students see the word
> "journal" and click on it. They eventually get to a database, but the
> process is convoluted that way.
>
> If people are interested, I will summarize the answers I receive on this
> list.
>
>