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Oct
21
2011

This table indicates the library discovery products that have been selected by each of the members of the Association of Research Libraries. Maintained by Marshall Breeding.

discovery libraries technology ils databases

Sep
6
2011

Get usage stats from their offerings including ACLS Humanties E-books. No need to log in if you are IP authenticated.

e-books statistics usage databases

May
7
2011

Form that allows user to enter permalink and have it converted to proxied version (using Innovative-style proxy). Full source code included

code databases form library-website

Oct
29
2010

Not just Boolean. Lists most of the available connectors and wildcard symbols.

lexisnexis searching research help-guide databases

Jul
12
2010

Envisions iTunes for academics w/database content. A bit strange to focus on the iPad rather than tablets in general.

apple ipad higher-education databases blog-post e-books e-readers

  • then you’d be using a netbook.
    • Jeff Karlsen
      Jeff Karlsen on 2010-07-12

      With higher resolution, which is key. Many netbooks have only 600px of vertical resolution, which ends up being a significant barrier to all sorts of content, both consumption and production.

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  • This in turn raises the question: What would happen if journals went straight to consumers and sold articles like they were mp3s? What if you could log on to your ScienceDirect or JSTOR app and get a complete browsable list of your favorite journal articles, available for purchase for, say, 25 cents each?
    • Jeff Karlsen
      Jeff Karlsen on 2010-07-12

      This would be lovely, but this particular sales model emerged because the music industry was/is in deep trouble. Whereas Elsevier et al. couldn't be happier with the current situation.

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Nov
6
2009

Citation database covering 1976-2001. 150 film journals indexed, over 200 non-film periodicals selectively indexed. Subject and person indexes.

databases film

Jul
17
2009

Claims to be the "most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species." Faceted search interface, can control for many variables.

reference science environmental endangered-species databases website

May
13
2009

Persistent link generator, Title List, Adds/Drops

databases website lexisnexis persistent-links api

May
6
2009

"in a typical instruction session, how much time is spent on this versus teaching database selection and coping with crappy interfaces?"

databases open-access instruction libraries information-literacy blog-post article

May
23
2008

The infochimps.org community is assembling and interconnecting the world's best repository for raw data -- a sort of giant free allmanac, with tables on everything you can put in a table.

databases datasets repositories open-access website

May
22
2008

The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large.

open-access databases directories website

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