| FEATURES |
Deconstructing
Questia: The Usability of a Subscription Digital Library
After providing
a general overview and history of Questia, Nick Tomaiuolo takes a look
at the service from three overlapping angles: its marketing, its usability,
and the experiences —good and bad — of a test group of college students.
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Tempest
in a Librarian's Teapot: EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale Exclusive, and Unique Titles
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Larry Krumenaker
investigates the "exclusivity" charges against EBSCOhost brought
on by its competitors to see if ProQuest and Gale have a reason to be steaming
mad or if the companies are blowing the whistle over nothing.
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The
Rise and Fall of Your Once Favorite Internet Service
Flying high one
day with your favorite Internet service and up a tree the next without
it? Jill Ann Hurst reads between the lines of the fairy tale stories of
some Net companies which didn't quite go on to live happily ever after.
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| COLUMNS |
Searcher's
Voice
In "Time for Wisdom,"
bq wonders why the seemingly flawless D(ata) plus K(nowledge) plus I(nformation)
equation doesn't often actually add up to W(isdom).
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The
Sidebar
Law librarian
Carol Ebbinghouse highlights established commercial online services that
have begun to jump on the "free" portal bandwagon — LexisONE, Westlaw's
new acquisition, FindLaw, to name two — and the breadth of information,
from court opinions, statutes, and dictionaries, to court forms, bar exams,
discussion groups and forums, that can be found via portal links.
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Leading
Libraries
Attendee Doris
Helfer reviews the Southern California Online Users Group (SCOUG) spring
workshop, "Building Information Communities: SCOUG Looks at the Tools and
Strategies Librarians Are Using to Develop Information Infrastructures
for the Organizations They Serve."
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Webmastery
Gary Price talks
with Genie Tyburski, compiler of The Virtual Chase, a guide to high-quality
online resources, principally geared toward the legal research community.
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Behind
the Screen
What happens when
online vendors become players in the business intelligence game? Richard
Wiggins singles out SinglePoint, Nrorthern Light's entry into the corporate
portal market.
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Internet
Express
Self-appointed
referee Irene McDermott sets out to answer this question searchers may
soon be facing: Does Bowker Books In Print have the power to wrestle away
from Amazon.com a good chunk of its revenues?
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| DEPARTMENTS |
Correspondence
Multiple reactions
to bq's denunciation of Double-Fold; more free magazines
online; linking to SLA and Carol Tenopir.
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| Contacts |
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