Three Questions is an initiative to share the value that our faculty, students, and external patrons derive from using the Portal to Texas History at UNT Libraries.
1. How important is the Portal in your teaching, learning or research?
The Portal is very important in my research. Every year, I do presentations on archeology, anthropology, and history for a number of organizations, and I am also asked to edit articles for several newsletters. The Portal allows me to access any issue of The Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society (BTAS), papers from The Southwest Federation of Archeological Societies, and many, many more documents so that my research for speeches or articles is accurate and efficient.
2. How has the Portal changed the way you approach your research, teaching or learning?
To refer to any of the 90+ years of the BTAS or to any needed document, I no longer have to go to my storage facility or a library and retrieve a paper copy. I can access the BTAS or any other source, from home, whenever I need it, through the Portal. This ensures convenient and accurate research results.
3. What do you want others to know about your research, teaching, or learning?
My research has been made much easier because of the Portal. I no longer have to rely on findng a paper copy of a BTAS or any other document to which I need to refer. I can complete my research at any time of day, without leaving home. Through the years, improvements in indexing on the Portal have made it easier and easier to quickly find the material I need.
James Everett has participated in prehistoric and historic period archeological projects in many areas of Texas as well as in New Mexico and Arizona. He is a Past President of the Texas Archeological Society, and the North Texas Archeological Society, and an Archeological Steward for the Texas Historical Commission.
