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Citations Vol. 14, No. 3 1 September 1999
Citations
In This Issue:
Dean Townley to Teach, Do Research 2
Myers Named Interim Dean 3
What’s Current in Electronic Journals 4
Government Documents Cataloging 4
ILL or DD, Evaluating Your Options 5
Staff News 6
Library Sports Beat 7
Spectrum Scholars Honored 7
Grants and Awards 9
Recent Publications 9
Library Helps Build Online Archive 11
Recommended Reading: Staff Picks 12
Adventures of a Reader 13
Librarians in the Movies 15
Words from the Dean 16
NMSU Library Newsletter
The Internet has taken the world by storm and it
is quickly becoming the first choice among
many for research. With more and more infor-mation
resources available electronically, it is
easy to assume that the Internet is the world’s
largest library, a place where you can find
answers to just about any question. While it’s
true that the Internet contains a lot of informa-tion,
it is also true that it is, quite frankly, a disor-ganized
mess. So, unless you know exactly
where to go to find, for example, the definition
for the word cleistogamy or the latest exchange
rate for the Japanese yen, you may waste hours
searching for information that is easily and
quickly found elsewhere.
This is not to say that the Internet is not a valu-able
tool, nor is this article aimed at dissuading
readers from using the Internet. Quite the
contrary. The Internet can be an excellent
research resource; however, when embarking
on any research assignment, make sure you are
searching in the right place and using the best
tool for the job.
Those Old Technologies Still Work
Suppose you need to find out the date that
Easter will fall on in the year 2005. What is your
first step? Do you fire up your web browser,
jump to a search engine and type “Easter and
2005” in the search box? Or do you go to a web
subject directory and search around for any
sites that deal with holidays? Given either
method, how much time do you think it will take
to locate the date? Five minutes? Thirty min-utes?
An hour? Three hours? Anyone who has
Desperately Seeking Answers:
Which to Choose? Print or Internet?
by Susan Beck, Assistant Professor, New Library Reference, susabeck@lib.nmsu.edu
(Seeking... continued on page 8)
John Freyermuth steps up to bat
for the Dewey Decimators. Story on page 7.
BIG BACK-TO-SCHOOL ISSUE
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| Title | Citations: NMSU Library Newsletter |
| Volume/Number | Volume 14, No. 3 |
| Issue Title | Big back-to-school issue |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library; |
| Table of Contents | Desperately seeking answers: Which to choose? Print or internet?; Dean Townley to teach, do research; Myers named Interim Dean; What's current in electronic journals; Government documents cataloging; ILL or DD, evaluating your options; Staff news; Library sports beat; Spectrum Scholars honored; Grants and awards; Recent publications; Library helps build online archive; Recommended reading: Staff picks; Adventures of a reader; Librarians in the movies; Words from the Dean |
| Creator | Beck, Susan E.; McCarthy, Deborah; Estrada, Deborah; Watkins, Cindy; Brown, Myra; Myers, R. David; Wiburg, Marv; Smith, Jeanette C.; |
| Contributor | Dickinson, Jean; |
| Issue Date | September 1999 |
| Date | 1999-09 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Identifier | URLN_199909 |
| Source | http://lib.nmsu.edu/aboutlib/newsletter/SEPT99.PDF |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
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| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| OCR | Citations Vol. 14, No. 3 1 September 1999 Citations In This Issue: Dean Townley to Teach, Do Research 2 Myers Named Interim Dean 3 What’s Current in Electronic Journals 4 Government Documents Cataloging 4 ILL or DD, Evaluating Your Options 5 Staff News 6 Library Sports Beat 7 Spectrum Scholars Honored 7 Grants and Awards 9 Recent Publications 9 Library Helps Build Online Archive 11 Recommended Reading: Staff Picks 12 Adventures of a Reader 13 Librarians in the Movies 15 Words from the Dean 16 NMSU Library Newsletter The Internet has taken the world by storm and it is quickly becoming the first choice among many for research. With more and more infor-mation resources available electronically, it is easy to assume that the Internet is the world’s largest library, a place where you can find answers to just about any question. While it’s true that the Internet contains a lot of informa-tion, it is also true that it is, quite frankly, a disor-ganized mess. So, unless you know exactly where to go to find, for example, the definition for the word cleistogamy or the latest exchange rate for the Japanese yen, you may waste hours searching for information that is easily and quickly found elsewhere. This is not to say that the Internet is not a valu-able tool, nor is this article aimed at dissuading readers from using the Internet. Quite the contrary. The Internet can be an excellent research resource; however, when embarking on any research assignment, make sure you are searching in the right place and using the best tool for the job. Those Old Technologies Still Work Suppose you need to find out the date that Easter will fall on in the year 2005. What is your first step? Do you fire up your web browser, jump to a search engine and type “Easter and 2005” in the search box? Or do you go to a web subject directory and search around for any sites that deal with holidays? Given either method, how much time do you think it will take to locate the date? Five minutes? Thirty min-utes? An hour? Three hours? Anyone who has Desperately Seeking Answers: Which to Choose? Print or Internet? by Susan Beck, Assistant Professor, New Library Reference, susabeck@lib.nmsu.edu (Seeking... continued on page 8) John Freyermuth steps up to bat for the Dewey Decimators. Story on page 7. BIG BACK-TO-SCHOOL ISSUE |
