From: Lapachet, Jaye (Jhl@cpdb.com)
Date: Thu Nov 17 2005 - 14:55:08 PST
Subject: RE: SLA-SF: subscription libraries out there? Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:55:08 -0800 Message-ID: <33F5C292AD72904792A8069A11221E48076C8334@mail2000.cpdb-nt.com> From: "Lapachet, Jaye" <Jhl@cpdb.com>
Hi Michele and all,
This is a great list and I appreciate you sharing it.
I would like to recommend two local libraries:
Mills Law Library (http://www.millslibrary.org/). No remote access to
dbs that I know of and the library has a law focus. The librarian is
very experienced and does research projects.
Mechanics' Institute Library (http://www.milibrary.org/). General type
of library - similar to the public library, but subscription based. They
have reference services via phone and e-mail and also dbs that appear to
be available remotely.
Jaye
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu
> [mailto:SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu] On Behalf Of Michele McGinnis
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 02:36 PM
> To: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu
> Subject: SLA-SF: subscription libraries out there?
>
>
> In San Francisco, I can use my public library's online databases from
> work or home and they don't (directly) cost me a dime. For your
> non-info-pro -- this is a hell of a deal. However, say you lived
> somewhere without access to a public library with a large or good
> selection of online databases. If you wanted to do research,
> remotely, what would you do?
>
> The ideal answer I'm looking for is some type of subscription
> library. Maybe it's a consortium of small libraries that have pooled
> their resources to purchase licenses to databases for their patrons.
> I don't know. But what is key is that proximity shouldn't matter - at
> least not at the county level as it does with PL's.
>
> If you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks so much, Michele
>
> Here are some things I've thought of/come across :
>
> *The James J. Hill Library, an independent, non-profit library
> targeted towards business users, offers yearly subscriptions which
> include access to their resources including some databases.
>
> *High Beam eLibrary - this is good, but it only offers access to its
> database, unlike SFPL that offers access to many and diverse
> databases.
>
> *Join your public university or college library as a "friend" "alum",
> whatever. Unfortunately, my experience with this is that you can't
> use the databases remotely
>
> *The big 3 (Dialog, Nexis, Factiva) all offer "consumer" type access.
>
> *Some "free" article databases like Find Articles exist on the web.
>
>
> --
> Michele McGinnis, MSIS
> Research Librarian to Kevin Kelly
>
> 149 Amapola
> Pacifica, CA 94044
> 650-355-7676
> 650-359-9701 fax
>
> mm@kk.org
> www.kk.org
>
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