Title
Internet Subject Guides in Academic Libraries: An Analysis of Contents, Practices, and Opinions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2004
Abstract
This article describes a research project to determine the uniqueness of Internet subject guides among Association of Research Libraries academic libraries. The authors examined guides in four subject areas (philosophy, journalism/communication, astronomy, and chemistry) at the Web sites of 112 libraries, collecting data on the number of links per guide, the arrangement of resources, the information included about the resources, the kinds of resources included, and the number of nonworking links. As a result of the examination of these guides, a number of questions emerged, which led to the creating of a survey mailed to the heads of reference services in each of the libraries. The authors discuss the results of their examinations and of the survey and make recommendations for further research.
Rights
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1094-9054/
Copyright Owner
American Library Association
Copyright Date
2004
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Rebecca and Pellack, Lorraine J., "Internet Subject Guides in Academic Libraries: An Analysis of Contents, Practices, and Opinions" (2004). Reference and Instruction Publications and Papers. 14.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/refinst_pubs/14
Comments
Originally published in Reference & User Services Quarterly, 43, no. 4 (Summer 2004): 327–335, by the American Library Association.