Content evaluation of textual CD-ROM and web databases
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Content evaluation of textual CD-ROM and web databases
（Database searching series）
Libraries Unlimited, 2001
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Bibliography: p. 251-261
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This richly illustrated book provides guidelines for evaluating a variety of database types, including abstracting and indexing, directory, full-text, and page-image databases available in online and/or CD-ROM formats. Jacso discusses the purpose and techniques of comparing and evaluating the most important characteristics of textual databases, such as their scope, dimensions, source coverage, record content, accuracy, consistency, currency, and completeness. Evaluation models and procedures are given for widely used databases (e.g., Books in Print, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Library and Information Science Abstracts and their full-text version), whose subject, content, and terminology are familiar to librarians and information specialists irrespective of their specialization. Beyond traditional online and CD-ROM databases, the book illustrates the evaluation of the new Web-born information resources (including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Electric Library, and Northern Light).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Database Products, Producers, and Publishers Chapter 2: Database Content Evaluation Criteria Chapter 3: Database Subject Scope Chapter 4: Database Dimensions Chapter 5: Database Source Coverage Chapter 6: Record Content Chapter 7: Accuracy Chapter 8: Format and Content Consistency Chapter 9: Completeness Chapter 10: Quality of Subject Indexing Chapter 11: Quality of Abstracts Chapter 12: Cost Considerations
by "Nielsen BookData"
