Let The Database Trials Begin!

It's database evaluation time, and here is the URL for trial access to the databases under review for 2007.

http://www.gpc.edu/library/technicalservices/db/databasetrials.htm

The review period runs from March 1st to April 2nd, but some of the providers wouldn't run the trials past the end of March. So, if you try to get in after that and are denied, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.

You'll notice that there are three links at the top of the page, one for the procedures and timetable, one for a database evaluation form (graciously created by Sherry), and one for a printer-friendly database list. All these are MS Word documents. I'd recommend printing out the database list while you're looking at the trials, so you'll have it handy for some of the more complex access instructions like the Encyclopedia of Religion.

We want everyone's input, so if you won't be attending the reference committee meeting to discuss the databases, please fill out some evaluation forms and pass them along to your committee rep or myself. And let me know if there's anything else that I can do for you.