Internet Subject Guides in Academic Libraries: An Analysis of Contents, Practices, and Opinions

This article describes a research project to determine the uniqueness of Internet subject guides among Association of Research Libraries academic libraries. The authors examined guides in four subject areas (philosophy, journalism/communication, astronomy, and chemistry) at the Web sites of 112 libr...

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Published in:Reference and user services quarterly 2004-07, Vol.43 (4), p.319-327
Main Authors: Jackson, Rebecca, Pellack, Lorraine J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic librarians
Academic libraries
Astronomy
Attitudes
Clearinghouses
Collection management
College librarians
Company systems management
Company Web site/Web page
Content analysis
Content analysis (Communication)
Database searching
Department Heads
Directories
Electronic journals
Electronic Libraries
Electronic media
Evaluation
Exact sciences and technology
Focus Groups
Graduate Students
Guidelines
Guides
Hyperlinks
Information and communication sciences
Information Management
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Internet
Internet/Web search services
Journalism
Librarians
Libraries
Library Administration
Library and documentation centre management
Library Personnel
Literature Reviews
Online reference work
Online searching
Organic Chemistry
Philosophy
Polls & surveys
Reference Materials
Reference services
Reference services (Libraries)
Research Libraries
Resource Materials
Sciences and techniques of general use
Services
Student Evaluation
Subject fields
Surveys
URLs
Usability
Web site/Web page development
Web sites
Web sites (World Wide Web)
Websites
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Summary:This article describes a research project to determine the uniqueness of Internet subject guides among Association of Research Libraries academic libraries. The authors examined guides in four subject areas (philosophy, journalism/communication, astronomy, and chemistry) at the Web sites of 112 libraries, collecting data on the number of links per guide, the arrangement of resources, the information included about the resources, the kinds of resources included, and the number of nonworking links. As a result of the examination of these guides, a number of questions emerged, which led to the creating of a survey mailed to the heads of reference services in each of the libraries. The authors discuss the results of their examinations and of the survey and make recommendations for further research.
ISSN:1094-9054
2163-5242