Re: [ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals
Dear Ms. Rapp, That is a good question. I just went to RAMBI and used the advanced search and searched for Moment as a source, only getting ninety-two records and got even fewer for Hadassah. So I suppose they index these selectively. So I think that if one wants cover-to-cover coverage of more popular English language periodicals, maybe the Index to Jewish Periodicals is better. B'chavod rav. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. Try and simplify your ideas, my friend. The affair is plain and serious.-Krag in A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay. - Original Message - From: Andrea Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, August 4, 2005 9:11 am Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals Shmuel, I had not heard about RAMBI, but a quick look at the website seems to suggest that it indexes scholarly, research journals rather than popular journals like Moment, Jerusalem Report, Hadassah, correct? (I'm asking because I get the Index to Jewish Periodicals for our synagogue library; it's kind of expensive, but it's useful for our purposes). Andrea Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals
I thought some other people on the list might be interested in this response (for which I thank Ms. Jones). Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:08:59 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have not tried the IJP via Ebsco, but the old version was terribly problematic in terms of search capabilities. That said, it does cover numerous periodicals not covered by either Rambi or Ethnic Newswatch: Rambi has a more academic focus; Ethnic Newswatch covers a few major American newspapers (primarily weeklies) from each major American ethnic group (but has them full-text); and IJP covers all kinds of small quarterlies, organization publications, and a wide range of denominational publications, though perhaps strongest in Black Hat-through-Modern Orthodoxy. All three are useful for different things. My two cents. Hope it helps. Faith Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals
Funds permitting, I do recommend that libraries continue to subscribe to IJP, whether on book, CD-ROM, or via EBSCO. IJP and RAMBI (a free resource) do overlap, but IJP indexes a range of non-scholarly, English-language periodicals that are not covered by RAMBI. Not a few of these are likely to be of interest to researchers in colleges and universities - not to mention public and school libraries. For the record, Stanford subscribes to the EBSCO version of IJP, which is more expensive than the CD-ROM but offers a more familiar interface (since we subscribe to other EBSCO databases as well) and is readily available to all Stanford affiliates. (By contrast, use of the IJP CD-ROM and its paper indexes requires a site visit to this library's Information Center.) Also, do not discard those pre-1988 paper indexes - at least not until the entire run of IJP (going back to 1963) is available electronically! Zachary Baker Stanford University Libraries Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: RAMBI vs. Index to Jewish Periodicals
Shalom Safranim. Please allow me to solicit your opinion on this: Do you think there is a good reason for a library to subscribe to the Index to Jewish Periodicals (available now online for Ebsco back to 1988 for $850) since RAMBI is available for free? I am debating whether or not to subscribe to the Ebsco product. We have been getting it in print for quite a while. My thanks in advance for any advice. B'chavod rav. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. Try and simplify your ideas, my friend. The affair is plain and serious.-Krag in A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay.
