Your input is needed regarding the Resources by Subjects pages. Discussed at our last Web Development team meeting was a request for a tab to be included in all the subject pages for the top or recommended databases in that field.
For example, under Sociology there is a long list of databases under the Articles tab, but no real way for a student to differentiate between those databases, other than as an alphabetical list of resources.
So, here's how this tab could work:
1. The tab would work as a filter for subject selectors to add their top 5 (or another number) databases to give students a starting place when conducting research in that subject.
2. What wording should be given? How do we understand the tab will function? As a list of recommended titles by librarians or as the "top" choices? Here are some suggestions:
Recommended
Start Here
Top 3 (or 5, depending on number we decide)
Most Popular
Best Bets
Top Picks
Any other ideas for titles? Please post to the blog and indicate your preference and add your thoughts -- what do you think about this idea? Any other suggestions?
Please try and respond within the next week...
Thanks,
Kate
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4 comments:
Would this be the "default" tab that shows up when you click on the subject? Like instead of "Articles." Or will it be just another tab? I guess I would say "Top picks" or "Best Bets".
Hmmm.. I am thinking that another tab might get confusing. What about bolding the recommended titles?
Or perhaps having an hierarchical division on the Articles page? Perhaps:
First Choice or Recommended Databases
(Other) Related Databases
Multidisciplinary Databases
I might recommend one database for one aspect of a subject, and another for a different aspect. We need to be able to differentiate databases that way.
I think Tracy's idea of bolding the most significant entries would be effective and require no new programming.
An unexpected result of bolding some entries is that they move to the top of the list alphabetically. Look at the subject "Health and Medicine" for example.
A third feature of this approach is that it can be used under any tab.
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