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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is our criteria. I wrote it based on another library’s criteria and after 3-4 years of using it, I don’t like it, mainly because it’s too inclusive and therefore harder to maintain over time. Efforts to revise the definition to be
more selective have not yet been successful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">DEFINITION:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Databases, abstracting and indexing resources, online reference works, journal and e-book packages, and freely available websites that are selected by subject librarians as having value for one or more subject areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Calida Barboza <calida.barboza@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>eril-l <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">What policies or criteria do you use to decide if an electronic resource belongs on your A-Z Databases page? <o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Vanderbilt University | Jean and Alexander Heard Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">110 21st Avenue South | Nashville, TN 37203<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">615-875-4049 |
</span><a href="mailto:calida.barboza@vanderbilt.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">calida.barboza@vanderbilt.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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