Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Proquest
I show proquest to every class that I present to....it really is a great multi-disciplinary database that is very easy to use. I like that the search screens are clean - I did a search for ecotourism - and came up with around 1800 results - so I went back and added national parks I then came up with 150 results - looks like some great articles. I then did the publication search and searched for the word library - 26 journals appeared. I clicked on Library Journal and browsed this title for a bit. I really like proquest - the students and the professors do too - lots of full text - and like I said above easy to use.
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Great observations, Scott! You're right, Proquest is an excellent all-purpose resource. Many people we talk to are familiar with it because you (and other academic librarians) showed it to them in college. :)It's surprisingly powerful, yet simple. Thanks for your comments.
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