New TCA Electronic Resources Reviews [1]
The January 2012 issue (V13N3) [3]of The Charleston Advisor [4] (TCA), an online review of electronic resources for libraries, features a comparative review of a variety of online tools that facilitate fair use decisions [5], as well as reviews of Middle East Newsstand, [6] OECD iLibrary, [7] Business Analyst Online, [8] and the following databases and electronic resources:
- eBooks on EBSCOhost [9]
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences [10]
- Literary Encyclopedia [11]
- Metacritic [12]
- Omeka and http://Omeka.net [13]
- Scholars Resource [14]
- and ProQuest Central and New ProQuest Interface
The issue also features a summary of CRL’s Charleston Preconference, “Weighing the Evidence: Evaluating Major Research Databases,“ [15] by Bernie Reilly. The preconference presentation slides are available on CRL’s website. [16]
As a benefit of CRL membership, librarians and specialists at CRL libraries have free access to all TCA online reviews. CRL also invites your ideas [17] on future databases and electronic resources for review.
To maintain a high level of accuracy and integrity, all reviews are peer-reviewed by librarians. Reviewers come from all fields and all types of libraries, ensuring that products are reviewed by people who actually use them. For more information, visit www.charlestonco.com [18] . To see all Charleston Advisor product reviews over the last ten years, visit their scoreboard [19].