If a subscribed resource doesn't surface in a search, many researchers will never use it.
This says a lot about research support in academic libraries today. Access matters, but it doesn't carry the work on its own.
Researchers also need help finding the right source material, making sound publishing choices, avoiding credibility risks, and ensuring their work is easier to discover, cite, and build on after publication.
In the webinar Enabling the Academic Library to Advance Research with JoVE, Peter Otuoma Sanya, Head of Library Systems at Karatina University, offered a useful starting point for thinking about the wider role of librarians in research support.