Comparisons

• Citations are located in one consolidated list (the Catalog) that you can search automatically.
• You can open multiple reference works at one time without causing screen clutter and keep them open while you explore Electricka's pages.
• You experience fewer distractions when you don't have to leave your computer to consult other references.
• The Catalog cites different kinds of resources; you search all of them at once.
• You're likely to discover resources you otherwise would never know exist.
• The citation list contains holdings at web sites as well as at places like libraries or bookstores.
• Some cited web sites contain references to resources or reference works; others are resources or reference works.
• Many listed resources are free.
• Resources and reference works at web sites can be used without ever having to travel to a book store or library.
• Resources at web sites can be located, examined, compared, and evaluated online before purchase.

about links to other web sites

Many web sites contain a feature called links to other web sites. A typical links to other web sites feature consists of a list of web sites on a page. Sometimes the web sites are classified into topic categories or grouped. Each web site on a list of links has a name, a brief description, and a link. Click the link and a page at the web site opens.

The treatment of links in the Catalog and Resource Reviews is quite different from the treatment of links in a typical links to other web sites feature. Links to other web sites in Resource Reviews are placed in the context of detailed descriptions of the resource or reference work being described. Links are embedded within Catalog citations which are consolidated at one place in Electricka's web site; they are arranged differently on the age; and they can be automatically searched, sorted, printed, and otherwise arranged.

The Catalog helps you find links relative to your interests. Searches for links can be successive, progressive, and rapid. Automated searching and processing make the Shelf is a far more useful tool for exploring holdings in the arts.

don't overlook the role of traditional libraries

Traditional libraries have served us well for a long time and will continue to serve indefinitely, either in their present form or in new forms that incorporate new methods, procedures, and systems. Many libraries have vast holdings and boast brilliant collections of arts resources. Don't overlook them.  Electricka urges you to always keep them in mind as a source of arts resources. Use them as your primary resource or in conjunction with automated search tools like the Shelf.