We spend much time at NJIT teaching students how to search the technical databases to support their research. Publishers construct databases so that they are easy for nonspecialists to search. If a student can search these databases, we can expect the faculty to use them as well.
A chemistry professor requested that I do a search in Scifinder Scholar for her. It did not require a complicated search strategy. I did it and passed along the search results. It was disappointing to me that the professor could not take the time to learn the basics of searching Scifinder Scholar.
The type of question that I like is when a person tells me that they have searched the database and could not find the information they need. They are checking with me to see if they missed something or just did not use the optimal search strategy.
I guess I am just venting on a Tuesday afternoon.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment