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I have access --limited access-- to EBSCO as an alumnus of my university.
I find that the stuff I really want is not available through this limited
service. This service does give me full-text access to many journal
articles published by international journals. They seem to be more open. I
finally bugged the NRAO librarian into paying for me to gain online access
to Science Education which is a good journal for a Science Center
practitioner. I too would love to have reasonably priced access to more of
the literature...

Sue Ann Heatherly
Education Officer
NRAO-Green Bank, WV

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> Deborah,
>
> I have access to EBSCO through an online service from my local public
> library. But, I still find myself buying individual articles and
> scrambling
> for some sources. Wiley and Sage are two I always run into that I need.
> AltaMira also has many museum publications including Curator.
>
> I have been lobbying :-) the Visitor Studies Association and ASTC to see
> if
> they would take this on as a member benefit. I would be willing to pay a
> reasonable fee per year for an ongoing online bundle that served these
> needs. If associations do not wish to do it, I hope you explore offering
> it
> as a subscription fee by your institution. These subscriptions appear to
> be
> targeted to colleges and university libraries. But, our lively community
> of
> practice focuses on PRACTITIONERS working in museums and science
> center--just where it should. Researchers and evaluators like me keep our
> eye on that productive landscape by operating on the practioners ground.
> We
> need the university perspectives--they are great and the development of
> programs is a great advance. But we also want to keep our field centered
> on
> what's important--visitors and institutions that serve them. I hope some
> creative thinking is done to provide this services widely--glad you are
> taking this step. It is a healthy sign. Please do a presentation on what
> you
> do at ASTC!
>
> I also think a productive way to look at the scope you need would be to
> take
> three fairly recent research and evaluation reports produced by and for
> your
> organization and search for their locations in Google Scholar. The Visitor
> Studies Association has recently digitized our publications providing
> greater access to those sources. Kudos to Johnny Fraser, David Anderson,
> Steve Bitgood and others who managed and contributed to that important
> work.
> Check out access to those at www.vsa.org next week.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Carey
>
> Carey E. Tisdal
> Tisdal Consulting
> Phone: 314-531-9766
> Cell: 314-496-9097
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>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deb Hunt" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:53 PM
> Subject: Science Journals Fulltext
>
>
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>> Hello, ISEN-ASTC folks.
>> I'm evaluating journal aggregators such as Wiley, EBSCO, etc. for our
>> staff to have access to search and find the fulltext to the science  and
>> art journal literature.
>> Have any of you or your museum library used an aggregator?
>> If so, I'd like to hear your feedback.
>> Thanks,
>> Deb
>>
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