Re: Ovid PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO vs. Other Versiions Linda Wobbe 17 Feb 2010 20:06 UTC

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Linda Wobbe
Head, Collection Management
Subject Selector for Biology, Chemistry,
Environmental Science, Health, Physics, Kinesiology
Saint Mary’s College Library
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Lori Fenton wrote:

> Ditto to Barbara's take on the interfaces. I frequently hear from our
> Public Services and Instruction librarians that the EBSCO interface is
> superior to Ovid's.
>
> Lori R. Fenton, MLS
> Electronic Resources Manager\Periodicals
> Washburn University Mabee Library
> 1700 SW College Avenue
> Topeka KS 66621
> Ph. 785.670.1984
>
>
> Barbara Pope wrote:
>
>> We have several Ebsco products and it works like that for all of them. I
>> also like that if you have several Ebsco products, you can click on
>> "choose database" and search more than one at a time or switch
>> databases. The Ebsco products also do article level linking well,
>> also. I do not
>> like Ovid's search interface.
>>
>> Barbara M. Pope, MALS
>> Periodicals/Reference Librarian
>> Axe Library
>> Pittsburg State University
>> Pittsburg KS 66762
>> 620-235-4884
>> bpope@pittstate.edu
>>
>>> I have mine on EBSCO. Works pretty good. They now have a great feature
>>> that you can click on the year vol and issue you want and go to the
>>> article.
>>>
>>> Mina Davenport, Librarian
>>> Childrens Hospital
>>> Health Sciences Library
>>> 747 52nd Street
>>> Oakland CA 94609 USA
>>> (510) 428-3448 (p)
>>> (510) 601-3963 (f)
>>> mdavenport@mail.cho.org
>>>
>>>