Electronic Subject Guides: Promoting Your Costly EResources

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Electronic Subject Guides Promoting Your Costly
E-Resources

• Ruth Gustafson
• 29th IAMSLIC Annual Conference
• Mystic, Connecticut Tues 7 Oct 2003

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Why was this Webpage created?

• E-resources diversity
• Beyond the catalog
• Licensing of resources emphasized
• Entices with electronic
• Tool for evening and weekend general reference
  desk circulation staff

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Bio Ag section
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Template Layout

• Subject Specific Databases
• General Databases
• Guides to Electronic, Print and Other Resources
• Other Resources
• Subject Librarian Contact information

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Fisheries Aquaculture
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Who is using the webpage?

• UCD Library staff at public service areas
• UCD patrons (on and off campus)
• Library Instructors
• Non UC Davis

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Rewards and Tribulations

• See the poster session to find this out!

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Acknowledgements

• Mike Bavister, Programmer
• Web Editorial Board, University Library,
  University of California, Davis
• Cory Craig, editing tips
• UC Davis Library bibliographers