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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ARIAD Australia was reviewed in the latest issue of ARLIS/ANZ News (no. 43 Sept 1996). If anyone is interested, but cannot lay hands on a copy of the News, please contact me directly and I shall send a copy. Jill More >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > >I have received more requests to forward information on the Allison Research >Index of the Arts than I have received information about the database---so >if anyone has anything to contribute, please respond to the list. Since the >index gives details of research projects more than bibliographic >information, I'm wondering if its primary use is as a reference to contact >researchers for access to unpublished material, or simply to guide >researchers away from starting projects that someone else is working on. If >anyone knows of other uses, I'd appreciate knowing. > >Tom Riedel, University of Wyoming > >>We have just subscribed to ARIAD at Nottingham Trent University. It is >>aimed at researchers and research supervisors. It is not like ABM as it >>gives details of research projects rather than references to journal >articles. >>It would not be appropriate as a major database for undergraduates. > >>Sharon Potter >>Information Specialist >>Fashion & Textiles and Design > > Does anyone experienced with the Allison Research Index of Art and Design >(either UK or Australia) have observations on its usefulness? Does its >coverage and scope complement that of BHA and Artbibliographies Modern? > >Tom Riedel >University of Wyoming >[log in to unmask] ****************************************************************************** Jill More Tel.+61 2 9385 0720 College Librarian Fax.+61 2 9385 0686 College of Fine Arts Email [log in to unmask] The University of New South Wales P.O. Box 259, Paddington N.S.W. 2021 Australia ******************************************************************************