How Do We Learn What a Database Includes? A Case Study Using Psychology Dissertations.

Weston, E. Paige; Lauderdale, Diane S.

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Publication Date: 1988

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How Do We Learn What a Database Includes? A Case Study Using Psychology Dissertations.

Weston, E. Paige; Lauderdale, Diane S.

RQ, v28 n1 p35-41 Fall 1988

Examines range of coverage and principles of inclusion of dissertations in PsycINFO by comparing searches done on PsycINFO and Dissertation Abstracts Online. Searchers are advised to be skeptical about the accuracy and completeness of vendor documentation and the practical journal literature. Search strategies used are appended. (eight references) (MES)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Doctoral Dissertations, Online Searching, Online Systems, Reference Services, Search Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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