tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6457223010817110852..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Searching DatabasesBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-29486367289538608662015-03-05T17:48:30.724-08:002015-03-05T17:48:30.724-08:00I am a librarian (and a PhD) and I understand perf...I am a librarian (and a PhD) and I understand perfectly why you would need MLA to find what you need. But I do know librarians who I can see making the argument for ILL over it, which is a stance I don't understand myself.sophylouhttp://girlhistorian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-25473934220575047172015-03-05T08:03:19.402-08:002015-03-05T08:03:19.402-08:00I was going to ask if there were other databases--...I was going to ask if there were other databases-- but I couldn't remember what my mom uses that she prefers to MLA (I was like, is it ERIC? no, that's education... )<br /><br />Most of my students use google scholar instead of anything that the library provides. Sometimes this works out ok but sometimes it really doesn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37879041607141845932015-03-05T05:43:41.171-08:002015-03-05T05:43:41.171-08:00I'm a little more sanguine about this after so...I'm a little more sanguine about this after some departmental discussion. It looks like our library would still have most of the resources in one or another indexing database, and thus will have access either on line or through ILL.<br /><br />I'm still shocked by my colleague who never uses any databases himself.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37009140259841263682015-03-04T23:14:44.237-08:002015-03-04T23:14:44.237-08:00I championed keeping MLA last year when our librar...I championed keeping MLA last year when our library did the same (and I'm expecting to have to do it again at some point). I kept using the phrase "I can't do my job if you take away the MLA." I was shocked that several of my colleagues don't use it. How do they know what's out there? The library wanted to argue that we could use inter library loan instead of MLA, so I got to explain (several times and with passion) how I won't know what to request via ILL unless I can use the MLA look up titles.<br /><br />Sadly the OED was gone before I had a vote, and only one other person and I want it back. In my Gen Ed Lit class on Monday, students asked a question for which the OED was the best source, but I couldn't use it and had to settle for the internet and incomplete information.Tree of Knowledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037710157338503215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-52529791090148920782015-03-04T20:08:01.472-08:002015-03-04T20:08:01.472-08:00I'm curious: do the people who aren't usin...I'm curious: do the people who aren't using MLA use/tell their students to use JSTOR instead? If not... um... what ARE they using?sophylouhttp://girlhistorian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-76961274580904626852015-03-04T18:43:51.911-08:002015-03-04T18:43:51.911-08:00Welcome to my world. We have no MLA and no OED (w...Welcome to my world. We have no MLA and no OED (which is really hitting below the belt). This year we did get access to JStor Lit and Language. That's it. It sucks. And I tried to argue that without those databases we should have reduced expectations for research, but my colleagues publish too much to be believed. But guess what? Some of them have partners who work at state universities. Sigh. Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-7037955923517725102015-03-04T14:50:01.241-08:002015-03-04T14:50:01.241-08:00Good heavens, surely the English department wouldn...Good heavens, surely the English department wouldn't sit by as the OED goes away? Even professors who don't teach literary criticism in their courses would surely still argue for close reading and the need to look up words to do so?!What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221008082872963036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-27534884515467732392015-03-04T12:05:46.542-08:002015-03-04T12:05:46.542-08:00Omg. Banish not the MLA from thy company! Banish t...Omg. Banish not the MLA from thy company! Banish the MLA and banish all the world. <br /><br />I'm afraid the response might be, "I do; I will." <br /><br />Christ. What are people smoking? Do they not understand that it's the university's job to provide resources to the students so that they can learn things? It's unconscionable to take away databases. At this point, books have become a luxury in our libraries. Without databases, how are they going to be able to access anything? It makes me gag. <br /><br />Of course, Scott Walker might just say, "You can find out anything on that there internet. Why not just Google it?" The shortsightedness of that response is why people without college degrees in leadership roles just astound me. Same for university presidents without PhDs (like mine). He has no idea what research even means. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-50558677405227855352015-03-04T11:56:54.241-08:002015-03-04T11:56:54.241-08:00Ack! The OED?
I mean, I know the internet define...Ack! The OED?<br /><br />I mean, I know the internet defines words for us. But the online OED is the only one that exists anymore. And no one except a library can afford a subscription anymore.<br /><br />Do y'all not teach History of the English language there? I can't imagine teaching that without access to the OED. :(<br />delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.com