Assignment 9

Access and Disability
Google Scholar

Title: Access to information and instructional technologies in higher education I: Disability service providers’ perspective.
Authors: Fichten, C.S., Asuncion, J.V., Barile, M., Fossey, M.E., Robillard, C., Judd, D., Wolforth, J., Senécal, J., Généreux, C., Guimont, J.P., Lamb, D., & Juhel, J-C. \
Source: Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability
Pages: 114 - 133.
Published: 2004
Times Cited: 17

Title: Web accessibility at university libraries and library schools
Author(s):Axel Schmetzke, (Axel Schmetzke is a Librarian/Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. E-mail: aschmetz@uwsp.edu)
Source: Library Hi Tech, Vol. 19 Iss: 1
Pages: 35-49
Published: 2001
Times Cited: 62

Title: Evaluating web resources for disability access
Authors: Murray Rowan, Peter Gregor, David Sloan, Paul Booth
Source: ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Pages: 80-84
Published: 2000
Times Cited: 34

Title: English public library services and the Disability Discrimination Act
Authors: Kirsty McCaskill, Anne Goulding
Source: MCB UP Ltd
Pages: 192-206
Published: 2001
Times Cited: 7

Title: The Provision of Library Services for Visually Impaired Students in UK Further Education Libraries in Response
Authors: Clare Harris, Charles Oppenheim
Source: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Pages: 243-257
Published: December, 2003
Times Cited: 6


Title: New Access Right and Its Impact on Libraries and Library Users, The
Authors: Gasaway, Laura N
Source: 10 J. Intell. Prop. L.
Pages: 269
Published: 2002-2003
Times Cited: 23

Title: Accessibility and usability of Web-based library databases for non-visual users
Authors: Suzanne L. Byerley, Mary Beth Chambers
Source: MCB UP Ltd
Pages: 169-178
Published: 2002
Times Cited: 19

Title: AcceSS: accessibility through simplification & summarization
Authors: Bambang Parmanto, Reza Ferrydiansyah, Andi Saptono, Lijing Song, I Wayan Sugiantara, Stephanie Hackett
Source: ACM
Pages: 18-25
Published: 2005
Times Cited: 29

Title: Living Well with a Disability: How Libraries Can Help
Authors: Klauber, Julie
Source: American Libraries, v29 n10
Pages: 52-55
Published: November, 1998
Times Cited: 6

Title: Access to library internet services for patrons with disabilities: Pragmatic considerations for developers
Authors: Courtney Deines-Jones
Source: Library Hi Tech, Vol. 14 Iss: 1
Pages: 57-68
Published: 1993
Times Cited: 10

Title: Library Services for Persons with Disabilities
Authors: Jill Mendle
Source: The Reference Librarian, Volume 23, Issue 49 & 50
Pages: 105-121
Published: February 1995
Times Cited: 9

Title: Academic Library Service to Deaf Students: Survey and Recommendations
Authors: Mularski, Carol
Source: RQ, v26 n4
Pages: 477-486
Published: 1987
Times Cited: 6

Critique:

Online Journals (LLIS and SSCI):
The one positive I found with using the online journals was that the citations were uniformly arranged and easy to navigate and copy onto my document. Otherwise, using these journals was a very frustrating process for me. I had to do several searches and change my keywords many times to come up with enough relevant sources. I would definitely say I utilized the Berrypicking Model while doing this assignment. I was trying so hard to find the right combination of keywords that I would scroll through my results and pick out potential keywords to try next. The title of one article would lead me to a new search term and the process ended up being a very long and winding journey to come up with my sources. I honestly had to give up on the Library Literature and Information Science articles because I could not find a single match in the Social Sciences Citation Index. This was extremely frustrating for me. I ended up searching only in the Social Sciences Citation Index but was again frustrated when I had a difficult time finding relevant articles that had more than 5 citations. I ended up stretching my search criteria quite a bit and finding articles that were only slightly related to the topic in order to fill two pages worth of citations. One feature that was helpful was the ability to narrow down the journal topics so that I could search for articles related to library and information science.

Google Scholar:
Google Scholar offered a much easier and less frustrating process. I found articles with more relevant information and a sufficient amount of citations. I liked that when I changed my search terms the articles I had already opened were highlighted so that I knew I had already used them. This process was much quicker and far less painful. The only critiques I had were that when I opened a few articles I was given the ‘page not found’ message and that the citations were not as uniformly arranged as the online journals and took a little more time to copy onto my bibliography. Also, there were a few articles that were perfect for the topic but had less than five citations, which was a little disappointing. Overall, Google Scholar was much easier to use and offered a much more direct searching process.