EBSCO Discovery System

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EBSCO Discovery Service Emma Thompson University of Liverpool Libraries

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Presentation by Emma Thompson on the University of Liverpool's use of EBSCO's discovery system, delivered at UCR Yorkshire & Humberside's Discovering Discovery Tools event, 16th May 2011.

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EBSCO Discovery Service

Emma ThompsonUniversity of Liverpool Libraries

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Launching Discover

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Our marketing campaign:

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Ways in

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Do students use anything else?

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Is it just for Undergraduates?

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“Researchers by-passed carefully-crafted discovery systems. Advanced search, basic search, e-mail alert facilities were hardly used at all.”

Nicholas, D, Rowlands, I, Huntington, P, Jamali, H, & Salazar, P 2010, 'Diversity in the e-journal use and information-seeking behaviour of UK researchers', Journal of Documentation, 66, 3, pp. 409-433DOI

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International Students

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What do the users think?

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Any Questions?

[email protected]@LibraryEmma