Re: [IUG] Research Pro Resources list

["Hal Penick" <hpenick at gmail dot com>]

My error Karen.

I have found:
Biography Resource Center
Ebscohost: Health Source : Consumer ed.
Ebscohost: Health Source : Nursing/Academic ed.

Thanks for saving me a cool $9000, plus giving our patrons access to more
valuable info. Hope I have not (or, maybe I do) missed other.

Hal

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Karen Perone <peroneka at oplin dot org> wrote:

> FWIW, we have EBSCO Health Source, Consumer and EBSCO Nursing edition on
> our MetaFind search option so they have been previously profiled.
>
> And yes, for what we pay in access fees each year, it does seem that
> general "free" web databases should be identified and profiled for
> general access by all in the same way that Google, Yahoo! and AltaVista
> Images are available.
> --Karen Perone, Rodman Public Library
>
> Hal Penick wrote:
> > We are at the stage of selecting resources we would like to offer our
> > patrons through Research Pro. We would like to add the ability to
> > search Wikipedia and were suprised to see that it is not one of the
> > 2600+ offerings on the resource list. We were told we could have it
> > profiled for a one-time cost of $3000. After it is profiled it would
> > then be put on the "list" for others to possibly select. The RP
> > Resource List form at csdirect has a method for libraries to request
> > an unlisted resource. It clearly specifies that such requests are
> > "typically available for an additional fee". I would maintain that
> > Wikipedia is a resource of broad and significant enough interest that
> > no one library should have to bare the entire cost of profiling. I
> > would think that in the interest of maintaining the marketability of
> > Research Pro that such sites would be proactively added to the list
> > simply to keep the product current.
> >
> > Incidentally, we were also disappointed to see that we would have to
> > pay profiling fees to offer All Music Guide; Books and Authors;
> > Internet Movie Database; Biography Resource Center; Encyclopedia of
> > Associations; ChiltonLibrary; Encyclopedia Britannica (paid version);
> > Ebscohost: Health Source: Consumer Edition; Ebscohost: Health Source:
> > Nursing/Academic Edition; Ebscohost: Children's Edition; Ward's
> > Business Directory; and Newspaper Archives.
> >
> > Although they are heavily used outside our service area we can
> > understand paying for resources of regional interest such as, Iowa
> > Heritage Digital Collection, and our Local Newspaper Index.
> >
> > Hal
>
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