I've used World Cat numerous times and have always found it helpful, particularly when Aleph is down. We can still find out if we own a title and what the call number is which is very helpful.
I searched for Floor of the Sky by Joern. We own it along with 896 others, and of course we're listed first. The call number for us is FIC. For the rest of the world it's 813.6. Other info includes a summary of the plot, subject headings which can be used for "read alikes", and publisher info.
I did a search in ArticleFinder for Personnel performance reviews and found 45 articles, most of which seemed relevant (better than NetLibrary!), many of which were available in SD.
I did the OAIster search, clicking on the article beginning "Hardwood tree decline . . " I was able to took at the citation and the first page of the article from JSTOR. This is definitely for research and as a last place to look for articles. I thought ArticleFinder easier to use.
I also noticed the clock was ticking when I did the OAIster search. Must get only15 minutes.
On the whole the First Search databases are good to know about and I hope I remember their availability when those really indepth research questions happen--which I might add are becoming more rare in the past five years.
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Hi, Cheerful! WorldCat is a very librariany resource, as you know. And, as I know, you are proficient with it! The new databases are indeed for scholarly endeavors, so may not be used as much at your library. Still, it's nice to know they're there. As for the clock, the FirstSearch frame does give a countdown, but if you refresh the screen or do some action, it will stay current.
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