{"id":1332,"date":"2011-03-24T11:52:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2011-03-25T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T08:38:11","slug":"holy-grail-found-by-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2011\/03\/24\/holy-grail-found-by-librarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy grail found by librarians?&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/03\/discover_more_logo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1400\" \/>Four weeks into the trial of two discovery services, EBSCO\u00a0and Summon,\u00a0\u00a0which offer a single\u00a0box to search our databases, e-books, full-text journals and the library catalogue, and opinion is divided on which of the two will best meet our needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0tools provide the best of both worlds:\u00a0the ease of a\u00a0google-type search facility\u00a0combined with\u00a0results from academic resources subscribed to by the university.<\/p>\n<p>What isn&#8217;t in doubt though, is the enthusiastic reaction from academic staff and students to what librarians consider to be the\u00a0<em>holy grail <\/em>of\u00a0 library resource searching.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8216;It is absolutely brilliant!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8216;A great starting point for a search&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8216;This is the way forward for the future. 10\/10 &#8211; A must for Edge Hill&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8216;Much better than searching through different databases&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">While we have had a great reaction so far, we would welcome\u00a0further opinion and\u00a0feedback from you so that we can make an informed decision on the benefits of purchasing a discovery service in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The trial\u00a0continues\u00a0until the end of May.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more,\u00a0access the resources and give your feedback\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/library.edgehill.ac.uk\/screens\/discovermore.html\">http:\/\/library.edgehill.ac.uk\/screens\/discovermore.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact Maureen Richardson (<a href=\"mailto:richardm@edgehill.ac.uk\">richardm@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/02\/Dawn_Mclouglin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1080\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2011\/02\/Dawn_Mclouglin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>Dawn McLoughlin<\/p>\n<p>Academic Support Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four weeks into the trial of two discovery services, EBSCO\u00a0and Summon,\u00a0\u00a0which offer a single\u00a0box to search our databases, e-books, full-text journals and the library catalogue, and opinion is divided on which of the two will best meet our needs.\u00a0 The\u00a0tools provide the best of both worlds:\u00a0the ease of a\u00a0google-type search facility\u00a0combined with\u00a0results from academic resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,1414,150,10772,651],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-eresources","category-journals","category-library","category-resources"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Holy grail found by librarians?... - Library &amp; 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