{"id":1113,"date":"2015-03-31T00:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aulibrarynews.wordpress.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2015-03-31T00:42:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:42:40","slug":"bracketology-the-winners-are-up-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/2015\/03\/31\/bracketology-the-winners-are-up-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracketology – the winners are up to you"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Final Four are\u00a0set and so is our bracket. These eight, elite databases, are about to battle it out for #1
\nLet’s see the matchups!
\n\"NCLA<\/a>
\n\"ScienceDirect\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0VS<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"Lexis<\/a>
\n 
\nOverview:<\/strong>
\nThis matchup was completely unexpected! With LexisNexis unexpectedly taking the eighth seed, they look to be a underrated opponent.
\nHeard around the water cooler:<\/strong>
\n“I was shocked, I mean, an eight seed? What were they\u00a0thinking?! If anything I’d have to give em at least a five seed. ” – Anonymous AU Librarian<\/em>
\n“I just started laughing. I mean ya, LexisNexis is a great database, but have you seen its interface? No competition bro.” – Scholes student worker<\/em>
\nSee their stats<\/a>\u00a0—> Click on their Logos above to check them out \u00a0—-> VOTE
\n[polldaddy poll=8769280]
\n 
\n 
\n 
\n\"JSTOR\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 VS \u00a0\u00a0\"Engineering<\/a><\/strong>
\nOverview:<\/strong>
\nTalk about DRAMA! We’ve got two MAJOR fan favorites here. While both cover completely different areas, this should be a close matchup.
\nHeard around the water cooler:<\/strong>
\n“Man… (shakes head) how do I choose? Why would they put these two in the same bracket? I’m going to need another cup of coffee ” – Engineering\/History double major\u00a0<\/em>
\n“This AGAIN\u00a0just verifies that the selection committee pulled an all nighter before choosing matchups….. seriously though ” – Herrick\u00a0student worker<\/em>
\nSee their stats<\/a>\u00a0—> Click on their Logos above to check them out \u00a0—-> VOTE
\n[polldaddy poll=8769299]
\n 
\n 
\n 
\n\"Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0VS \u00a0\u00a0\"scopus\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nOverview:<\/strong>
\nRead all about it! Newspaper Source Plus vs Scopus! Again another hard matchup, but an interesting one since Scopus is the new database in town.
\nHeard around the water cooler:<\/strong>
\n“Not only would I bet the game, I say Scopus takes it all.\u00a0I mean who reads newspapers? Plus,\u00a0h-index is the new black.” – Overheard in\u00a0Macmahon<\/em>
\n“Just because I’m an Engineer doesn’t mean I HAVE to vote Scopus, does it? I mean NSP’s got my hometown newspaper, and I’m from ALBUQUERQUE.” –\u00a0Scholes Librarian<\/em>
\nSee their stats<\/a>\u00a0—> Click on their Logos above to check them out \u00a0—-> VOTE
\n[polldaddy poll=8769315]
\n 
\n 
\n 
\n\"academic<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0VS \u00a0 \u00a0\"proquest<\/a><\/strong>
\nOverview:<\/strong>
\nThe two heavyweights battle it out here in a matchup that could have possibly been for the championship, a lot to look forward to here.
\nHeard around the water cooler:<\/strong>
\n“Great! Two of my favorite databases against each other in the first round!? Think I’ll just flip a coin.” – Herrick student worker<\/em>
\n“Wait what? That’s legit.” –\u00a0AU Liberal Arts & Science Faculty Member<\/em>
\nSee their stats<\/a>\u00a0—> Click on their Logos above to check them out \u00a0—-> VOTE
\n[polldaddy poll=8769325]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Final Four are\u00a0set and so is our bracket. These eight, elite databases, are about to battle it out for #1 Let’s see the matchups! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0VS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0   Overview: This matchup was completely unexpected! With LexisNexis unexpectedly taking the eighth seed, they look to be a underrated opponent. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}