Browsing by Author "Besaw, Megan E."
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An Evaluation of Citation Counts, Search Results, and Frequency of Updates in DynaMed® and UpToDate®
Ketterman, Elizabeth; Besaw, Megan E. (2010)This study examines two point-of-care products: DynaMed® and UpToDate®. These resources were evaluated based on four criteria: search result counts, search result answers, reference counts, and currency of updates. The ... -
Rethinking How Patrons Discover Information: Implementing a Discovery Tool
Ketterman, Elizabeth; Besaw, Megan E.; Tucker, Michael (2011-05-17)Objective: The ECU libraries, like most academic libraries, use various tools for searching our collections: the online public access catalog (OPAC), the institutional repository, locally developed databases, and ... -
A Study of Librarians' Perceptions and Use of the Summon Discovery Tool
Boyer, Ginny; Besaw, Megan E. (2012-08-20)Next-generation discovery tools such as Serials Solutions Summon seek to provide a more robust and unified search experience for library patrons. Previous disappointment with federated search has tarnished librarians' ...