Sunday, February 26, 2012
Blog Reflection #4
These past few weeks have opened my eyes into the work of print resources. Although I knew they existed, I relyed so heavily on internet resources that print resource have practically become obsolete and I believe this is the view of so many people my age and younger. If I were managing a library and deciding on what new materials to buy, I would put the majority of the money toward internet resources. I believe print resources are slowly, but surely becoming taken over. If you have the proper online datebases it makes research a simple, more streamlined effort. Before purchasing any of the new materials for the library I would do lots of research on the internet resources, finding the one/ones that would be most beneficial to my particular library. Using internet resources not only allows patrons to view millions of options by searching a topic right in front of them, it also allows for quick and easy browsing of this material. As opposed to finding a section in the library on the topic you are researching and going through books individually until you find the one you need to complete your research.
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Thats a good answer. It sounds like you are confident that electronic resources would be well used and would do a good job researching the best one for your library
ReplyDeleteI find it difficult to understand why everyone thinks that online resources are so much easier that print. What can be easier to use than an encyclopedia or dictionary which is arranged alphabetically and that has indexes. One of the disadvantages of electronic resources is that you may not even know if you are using the right database and if you have even half of what is available on the website. I don't think we should be in such a hurry to abandon these tried and true sources
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