Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Task 5: Chilton Library
I use Chilton's very frequently. Most of the guys looking through the print manuals seem skeptical when I first suggest it, but then they're into it. (I like saying "You know, we have these electronically, too, and sometimes it's just easier to find it there. Let's take a look." Then they're hooked.) Admittedly, I am car inept. So then I ask them to tell me the categories, etc., to navigate. I chuckle inside when they are explaining to me what is wrong and what they need because it's Greek to me. Handing them the mouse works - but in those cases, where their first immediate few guesses don't lead us to what they need - I only wish that the actual search function worked better. I hardly ever have luck with that. The results are messy. But using their "document tree" as suggested is wildly easy and intuitive. Overall, with 1 being not-at-all-helpful and 5 being its-a-lifesaver, I'd give this resource a 4.5.
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