Re: Fwd: silverplatter displays

[Betty Cohen <Betty.Cohen@yale.edu>]

I ran a search in a WilsonWeb database, which is very similar to the
SilverPlatter interface, and I see that the WW is currently set to show the
abstract as a default.  It is much easier to see the relevancy of the
citation without having to go in and change the settings.
--Betty

At 10:45 AM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I agree that the abstract should be included in the default display.  If
>SilverPlatter offered an easier method of changing the viewing format (like
>that of Ovid) it might make more sense to start out with a shorter title
>display.  I think the accession number could be removed from the default.
>I don't think it would be of use for ILL.
>
>-Andy
>
>At 09:39 AM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>[I originally sent my response to Kim; she's asked me to post it here.]
>>
>>Kim - I'd like to see the abstract included in the default display.  Are
>>there other fields that could be removed, like Accession Number?  Or would
>>this affect Interlibrary Loan?
>>
>>--Emily
>>
>>Emily J. Horning
>>Librarian for Philosophy and Coordinator, Reference Collections
>>Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
>>New Haven, CT 06520-8240
>>emily.horning@yale.edu    **    (203) 432-8211
>>
>>On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Kimberly Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ladies and Gents, this is something that would need to be changed for all
>>>> SilverPlatter files if we do it.  Is there a consensus on the subject?
>>>> 
>>>> --Kim
>>>> 
>>>> >Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:08:33 -0400
>>>> >From: Betty Cohen <Betty.Cohen@yale.edu>
>>>> >Subject: silverplatter
>>>> >X-Sender: bc76@email.med.yale.edu
>>>> >To: kimberly.parker@yale.edu
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>>>> >
>>>> >Kim:
>>>> >I've been doing a fair amount of searching and helping patrons in SP
>>>> >databases recently, and I noticed that our default setting is to have
>>>> >citations display without abstracts.  In order to get the abstract view,
>>>> >the user has to change the settings.  Can we change this so that
abstract
>>>> >appears in the default like it does in OVID?
>>>> >Betty
>>>> > 
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Kimberly Parker
>>>> Electronic Publishing & Collections Libn
>>>> SML 606 or Med Lib TS
>>>> 432-0067 or 785-7116
>>>> mailto:kimberly.parker@yale.edu
>>>> 
>>> 
>>
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