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SULAIR NEWS – June 3, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Monterey Jazz Festival Digital Collection Featured in Scout Report
- SLAC Name Change Means Web Page Updates
- Libraries' Intersession/Summer Hours Now on Web
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
1. Monterey Jazz Festival Digital Collection Featured in Scout Report
The Scout Report's May 29 issue included an article about the recently launched Web site for the Monterey Jazz Festival Digital Collection. (Published continuously since 1994, the Scout Report is one of the Internet's oldest and most respected publications. It provides a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet.)
The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection is one of the most significant collections in SULAIR's Archive of Recorded Sound; the new Web site offers detailed information on all of the Collection's recordings dating back to the first festival in 1958. Included are over 9,000 jazz pieces and interviews representing over 1,000 hours of audio and video content. A recent Speaking of Computers article, authored by Jerry McBride and Hannah Frost, provides more information, or you can check out the Web site itself.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
2. SLAC Name Change Means Web Page Updates
Recently, SLAC's name changed (as described in a 5/28 Stanford Daily article). No longer the "Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, " it is now officially the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The SLAC Library is no longer the "Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library" but can be referred to as either:
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Library (formally)
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SLAC Library (informally)
The head of the SLAC Library (Ann Redfield) would like all SLAC references on the SULAIR Web site to be updated accordingly.
If SULAIR Web pages that you update for your departments or units include SLAC references, please update them as soon as possible. Top-level pages in the SULAIR Web site will be updated within the week.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. Libraries' Intersession/Summer Hours Now on Web
The Stanford Libraries' hours for intersessions (before and after Summer Quarter) and for Summer Quarter are now on the Web and available in PDF, for those who would like printed copies. The PDF versions are linked from the top of the Intersession/Summer Hours Web pages:
June 11-22 Intersession
Summer Quarter
August 16-September 20 Intersession
--submitted by Editorial Staff
4. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question:
What is the difference between general databases like Academic Search Premier vs. JSTOR or Project Muse?
Answer: Roughly, and somewhat too simply, the difference is between an indexed database and a full text service. JSTOR and Project Muse are essentially full text of selected ranges of certain titles. Academic Search Premier
has many full text links, but its primary function is to allow keyword
searching over a very broad range of materials and subjects, with
standardized subject terms as another point of access. Of course, there
can be some understandable confusion, as both JSTOR and Project Muse offer a search interface as well.
The historically honest answer would be that they differ in content
based on who agreed to supply that content and what form it would take:
Abstracting and indexing of articles vs. full text searching. For
example, JSTOR started as a full text database, containing historic runs of academic journals in many fields, with a 5 year window denying access to recent issues. Academic Search Premier
began as a way of doing subject searches over a broad range of
disciplines and in a massive number of journal titles, plus offering
standardized subject terms to aid your searching. Over time, each has
evolved somewhat, one towards ever more full text content [Academic Search Premier] and the other towards an improved search interface [JSTOR]. You will note that Project Muse also gives you the ability to search the back runs of JSTOR periodicals.
HINT: If you don't see a Full-Text or PDF link for an article in your results, use the 
link to see your other options for Full-Text or print.
You can find more reference questions and answers at the Information Center Web site.
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question
and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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Libraries and Academic Information Resources issued weekly. Copy deadline is
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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
