Be Savvy! Sometimes the Free Resources Are Better

Jacsó, Péter

Computers in libraries 2000 20 (7)4139
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Abstract:

My spell checker in MS Word (which I paid for) flags the word “savviest” as erroneous, but the Web version of the American Heritage Dictionary (which is free) gives it the green light, so I’ll start with an aphoristic statement: The savviest spending of all is when you don’t pay for all that you get. Of course the adage says that you get what you pay for. Certainly. But forget the adage and keep reading, please, if you want to practice good digital librarianship. In this issue I’ll discuss the trend in the free ready reference database segment of the market. I’ll follow up with discussions of the abstracting/indexing and full-text components of digital libraries in later issues.

Keywords: Fuentes de información ; Internet
Pages: 4139
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Issue: 7

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