Abstract
The UCF Libraries requests $77,140 to purchase a web scale discovery tool to simplify access to its many information resources. A web scale discovery tool will perform a Google-like search across all of UCF’s databases from a single search box. From AnthroSource to Zoological Record, from EconLit to PsycINFO, the library has databases and online journals to support every UCF program. The problem for many students, however, is knowing which database to search. Even sophisticated researchers are challenged to find the right database. This problem is compounded when a student needs both books and articles: the library online catalog includes books, DVD’s, and other resources, but not individual journal articles. The typical student is faced with choosing among an array of information sources and then repeating the same search in multiple databases.
Date Created
2011
STARS Citation
Libraries, UCF, "EBSCO Discovery Tool" (2011). Technology Fee Funded Projects. 8.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/techfee-funded-projects/8