Management Information System

Reference Librarian Paul St-Pierre presents an introduction to MetaLib®. Prior to the Internet the library enjoyed a near monopoly in the provision of scholarly information, and it continues to have higher quality electronic resources than the free web. However, with hundreds of vendors using different systems (Tulane subscribes to 500 databases and 30,000 e-journals), comprehensive information gathering has become more challenging. Thus researchers turn to the simplicity of Google, with its easy interface and guaranteed results of unverified quality. Enter MetaLib®, locally called “Article & Database Finder. Funded by a Technology Services Avenues to Renewal grant, this integrative library technology offers streamlined new ways of finding and managing the best available scholarly sources.

Duration : 0:31:45

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