On May 4, the San Francisco Public Library will unveil the latest addition to its ever-expanding electronic collection of databases and digital media. Prepare to explore the Overdrive digital library where you can peruse bestselling e-books, listen to audiobooks, download classic movie clips and TV episodes, and more–all with the power of your library card. [...]
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Launching into Overdrive
Posted in databases on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dissecting Databases
Posted in databases on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When working in libraries, you will often have opportunities to experiment with trial databases. Sometimes you might not know where to start, what to do, which features to examine, etc. Do you look at the coverage, search options, titles indexed, or what?
The UCLA Library has a handy 2-page document entitled “Dissecting [...]
Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching
Posted in databases on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you spend a lot of time conducting online searching, it’s often easy to revert back to basic keyword searching. Suzanne Bell, an economics/data librarian in the Rush Rhees Library Reference Department at the University of Rochester, has an upcoming second edition of her book entitled The Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching. Although the [...]
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