
Content Evaluation of Textual CD-ROM and Web Databases
Peter Jacso(Author)
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 15. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
275 pages
978-1-56308-737-0 (ISBN)
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).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-56308-737-0 (9781563087370)
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Person
PeTER JACSo is Chair and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. He received the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), the Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award, and the Louis Shores-Oryx Press Award for excellence in reviewing databases.
Content
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