STS Databases Discussion Group [Conference Report]

  	
  	
  	
  


	Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship  	Summer 1999  


	DOI:10.5062/F4V9862C


    

Conference Reports
    STS Databases Discussion Group
      Julia Gelfand
  University of California, Irvine
jgelfand@sun1.lib.uci.edu    

Notes from STS Databases Discussion Group Meeting
  Saturday, June 26, 1999 at ALA Annual Meeting    The theme for the meeting was, "Hidden Treasures of Reference: Exploring Free  Reference Related Web Sites." Two facilitators led the discussion; Co-chair  William Baer introduced them to the 35 people who attended. 

    John Hunter, Engineering Librarian at Rice University concentrated on sites  relevant to the study and research in engineering and related disciplines. He  introduced a number of access points to society publications, such as the American  Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) and some government databases. 

    The second discussion leader was Fred Stoss from SUNY Buffalo who focused on sites  relevant to the environmental sciences and offered examples from the range of  information queries the sites could serve. In the spirit of celebrating the 30th  anniversary of Earth Day in 2000, he shared a variety of different approaches to  search databases and how to find them. 

    Julia Gelfand (jgelfand@uci.edu) and Suzanne Fedunok (suzanne.fedunok@nyu.edu) will  serve as co-chairs for 1999-2000 and are interested in ideas for future discussion  group topics and leaders. 

    

  

  
    We welcome your comments about this article.