The CSU librarians recently reviewed 23 online biographical resources. We used criteria such as annual cost, usage, cost per use, duplication of content, links on LibGuides, and relevance of the content for the University’s curriculum to determine which titles we could cancel. We decided to cancel three databases, including Biography Index: Past […]
CSU has decided to cancel Keesing‘s World News Archive. We are cancelling it because Keesing’s is a news summary service, rather than a newspaper, the coverage is not up to date, and there is no explanatory info on the site that explains what it is, how it’s compiled, methodology, authorship, etc. This makes […]
As a follow up to our email message of February 11th, here is another link to the cancellation list and background notes
We’ve begun adding cancellation notes, such as the one below, to titles on the A-Z Databases list: If you receive questions concerning any of these databases, you can direct them to contact csu@ualberta.ca
19th Century Masterfile is now known as Eight Centuries. We’ll maintain a separate link from the old title on the A-Z list for awhile.