Blurring services and resources Boston College's implementation of MetaLib and SFX

Blurring services and resources Boston College's implementation of MetaLib and SFX

Blurring services and resources

Boston College's implementation of MetaLib and SFX

Gerrity

Bob

Gerrity, Bob

Author

Author

Lyman

Theresa

Lyman, Theresa

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Author

Tallent

Ed

Tallent, Ed

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Author

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2004

2004

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eng

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Over the past year, the Boston College libraries have been engaged in making available to our users two new resources, MetaLib and SFX. MetaLib is portal/gateway software that allows for simultaneous searching of several databases, as well as some options to customize the interface. SFX technology provides context-sensitive reference linking from citations to extended services. In this article we review the pedagogical, technical, and service reasons for making these resources available. We discuss how we believe these technologies respond to current student use of the library, and how we approached the installation process. We also review the challenges of the installation (both technical and service) and future possibilities.

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Reference Services Review 0090-7324 30 3 229 241 pp. 229-241 2004

Reference Services Review

Reference Services Review

0090-7324

30 3 229 241 pp. 229-241 2004

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229 241 pp. 229-241

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pp. 229-241

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library staff publications library_pubs_2.pdf

library staff publications

library_pubs_2.pdf

MChB English eng

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