Scientists frustrated with limited access

(Via OCLC Abstracts) In an online survey, the Science Advisory Board asked its members, "What makes searching scientific and medical literature online frustrating?" Nearly 80 percent of the 1,400 respondents stated that it was limited access to full-text documents, which far exceeded other complaints of broken hypertext links, copyright restrictions and inadequate search engines. "Scientists perceive their ability to access scientific and medical literature almost as an unalienable right of their profession," observes Tamara Zemlo, Director of The Science Advisory Board. The Internet has reinforced this perception by increasing the speed and ease by which these searches can be conducted.

Posted by Tom on October 26, 2004