[Arizona-students] ASU Data Bases?

[Arielle Silverman]

Hello Allison and list,

    I already responded to this last week, but I would like to add that I 
now suspect a true accessibility problem with the ASU library's Web site. 
Over the weekend I attempted to search the PsycInfo database, which last 
semester was perfectly accessible, and I had the vexing problem of being met 
with a page full of search tips but no search field or link to one. I had 
the same problem with Social Sciences Full Text, and this sounds like your 
problem as well. I know that the library site was reorganized over the 
summer, but I'm not sure why so many databases are hiding the search field 
or if it's a JFW thing or not. I will forward the below inquiry to two ASU 
students who are not on this list but who use the library a lot to see if 
they know what is going on, and I will also check with the ADA folks at the 
library and get back to everyone when I know more.

Arielle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allison Hilliker" <allison.hilliker at asu.edu>
To: "AABS List" <arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: [Arizona-students] ASU Data Bases?


> Hi,
>
> Got a question for the ASU students on this list.  Anyone have any tips 
> for
> navigating the ASU library's online data base system with JAWS?  I need to
> use 'em for about three research projects this semester and am having 
> little
> luck.  I think the sites are probably accessible, just cluttered and
> confusing.
>
> There are certain data bases I get to and can't find the search page.  Or
> maybe it's the search field or link or something.  I don't know.  Some 
> don't
> give me problems, but there are quite a few that do.  ERIC is one of them
> that does give me difficulty, but there are others.  That is just the one
> that first came to my mind as I write this.
>
> Also, if you personally don't know much about the data base system, is 
> there
> anyone you could forward this to that does?  According to my DSS director,
> there are no other JAWS users on West's campus.  So I thought I'd connect
> with some of you guys for tips.
>
> All info is appreciated.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Allison
>
> "The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize 
> the
> strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power."
> --Toni Morrison--
>
>
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