Re: Sabin: the point is there is no simple search to find it. It's
there on GBS, but good luck finding it because GBS doesn't link volumes
in a set or even indicate volume #s on the results pages. A library
catalog treats sets as sets. If I can find the record for Sabin, I can
find all the volumes. If I search the keywords Sabin Bibliotheca
Americana in a library catalog, if it's owned, I'll find it and I can
get any volume I need off the shelf. In GBS, those keywords give you
1751 results, the irrelevant ones begin with the fifth result, and you
have to click on each of the relevant ones to see if it is what you
want. Again, the point is sometimes it is not easier to search GBS etc.
than a library catalog.
My other point was that even if you find the book (Parsons), if you
can't get the stuff in it, it's worthless. And the title is in Parsons,
BTW.
Patrick Cates
Technical Services Librarian
St. Mark's Library
General Theological Seminary
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New York, NY 10011
212-243-5150 x354
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