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Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started. Re: [ARLIS-L] CSA Databases Thanks to everyone who took time to answer this confusing question.

To summarize:  about half of the answers dealt with grouping databases by type or subject as well as displaying a list by title on their library’s web pages. We actually do that. They did not discuss the link to the vendor’s search page.

The one that focused on a vendor w/ multiple databases (Wilson in this case), chose to link them individually. They may explain to students at a library instruction session how to search all simultaneously. However, they have a federated search engine that allows cross-searching. We do not.

After reading over the replies, I feel that linking to individual titles is less confusing to the patron.

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Mary Louise Castaldi
Interlibrary Loan/ Reference Librarian
University Libraries
University of the Arts
320 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-717-6283

From: "Katherine Cowan" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:32:06 -0400
To: "'Mary Louise Castaldi'" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: [ARLIS-L] CSA Databases

Mary Louise,
If you can summarize any responses for the list, I’d appreciate it.
 
We currently have individual links to our databases, by title, although there is one joint link to search Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective together (both from WilsonWeb).
 
We also have DAAI from CSA and several Proquest databases (CSA and Proquest now merged, no?), and several databases from Ebsco that can be searched together, although we don’t display a link for that – the patron would have to discover it on their own, or we would have to show them.
 
We do not have a federated search engine at this time, and aren’t eager to get one.
 
Interesting question! It is a balancing problem. Please let me know what you find out.
 
Thanks,
Kathy Cowan
Senior Reference Librarian, Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art
Tel: 410-225-2714
Email: [log in to unmask]
 

From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Louise Castaldi
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ARLIS-L] CSA Databases
Hello,
We are trying to decide the best (least confusing) way to display online databases from the same vendor on our library resources web page. I am particularly interested in CSAs various art & design databases: Art Bibliographies, DAAI, DAR and Design ProFiles. I am not interested so much in the page display as the inclusion on the initial CSA search page.

Does your link take the patron to a search page that searches all the CSA databases you subscribe to?

Does your link from a title such as DAAI allow the patron to search only that database?

Does anyone link a specific title to a search page that searches all the CSA databases you subscribe to? Do you explain this to the patron?

I would appreciate any comments. Thanks.

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Mary Louise Castaldi
Interlibrary Loan/ Reference Librarian
University Libraries
University of the Arts
320 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-717-6283
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