<div dir="ltr">Thanks so much to you all for sharing how you curate your Databases A-Z lists! There is certainly plenty to consider as we decide how to move forward with our own.<div><br></div><div>In case it's helpful to any of you, my colleague Mary Beth Holm shared that Melissa Robohn and Michael Crane at the US Air Force Academy did a presentation on "<a href="https://site.pheedloop.com/event/erl24/schedule/SES2P1F3JO8CX8MH7">The Evolution of Database Lists</a>" at ER&L 2024. I haven't watched the recording yet, but their presentation includes a discussion of the 8 factors they used to determine whether a resource should be included/excluded in their A-Z list. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Karen</div><div><br></div><div>---<br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Karen H. Gau, MSLIS (she/her)</b><br></div><div>Health Sciences Collections Librarian<br>VCU Libraries | Health Sciences Library<br>Virginia Commonwealth University<br>509 N. 12th St., Box 980582, Richmond, VA 23298-0582<br>(804) 828-0638 | <a href="mailto:gaukh@vcu.edu" target="_blank">gaukh@vcu.edu</a> | <a href="https://library.vcu.edu/hsl" target="_blank">library.vcu.edu/hsl</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:29 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our systematic review (evidence synthesis) search team members also use the A to Z list for ideas when their search teams want to delve into topics less familiar to the librarians or not covered by the “usual big and obvious” databases...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Something else to consider is how the A-Z list might be useful to librarians and staff in their work, even if not something you'd want to add to a subject guide.
For example we do include large ebook collections even those from single publishers, even though these are in our discovery (we use Alma-Primo). If we have a problem with our access through discovery links, it's helpful for both alternative direct access
and troubleshooting to have the link direct to the collection on the publisher's site on our A-Z list. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">We are small enough, 7 librarians, that we can be collegial about these things. A general rule for the free stuff is that if a librarian thinks it's worth including in their subject guide, it's
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The obvious example is the OED, but also the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, the Wiley eLS (encyclopedia of life science) and others.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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be accessing it following full-text links from our discovery service. The presence of those in the A-Z list will only mislead some users into trying to search in an engine where they may not understand the limited collection they are searching and that they
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We don't have formal guidelines regarding what OA items to include on our A-Z list. We will consider including if it's a good-quality, credible resource that
would be widely useful for the types of research and teaching done here. One rule-of-thumb might be: if there was a charge for the resource, and you had the money to subscribe, would you? E.g., PubMed is a no-brainer to include as a high quality medical
database. Other governmental databases are good candidates, as are OA databases developed and maintained by universities (perhaps using grant funds). Also we have some OA resources on our A-Z list that our library helped to fund, often through a library
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">I recently set up an A-Z database list for us and I debated the same question. It's still pretty vague. I think I got all our subscription databases added in (I think!), and I did add some open
access ones - ones that I thought were more well-known. I've also passed the list of electronic "collections" we have activated in our catalogue to another staff to get her input on whether or not I should add any additional ones.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><b>Cindy Wiebe</b>, MLIS<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Calgary, Alberta, Canada<u></u><u></u></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As a settler of German, English, Irish, and Scottish descent, I have lived in Mohkinstsis (now known as Calgary) for most of my adult life, on the traditional territory of the Siksikaitsitapi (the
Blackfoot Confederacy): the, Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani First Nations. This is where Treaty 7 was made in 1877 between the British Crown and the Blackfoot, as well as the Tsuut’ina, and Iyaxe Nakoda peoples.
<span style="color:black">The City of Calgary is also home to the Otipemisiwak Métis government. St. Mary’s University is situated in District 6, the Calgary Elbow Métis.</span></span></i><u></u><u></u></p>
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Database list? Does your list also include Open Access resources? If so, how do you decide which OA resources to include/exclude? Even if your library doesn't have formal guidelines, it would be great to hear from you. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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