Selecting Full-Text Undergraduate Periodicals Databases.

Still, Julie M.; Kassabian, Vibiana

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ERIC Number: EJ603665

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Publication Date: 1999

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Selecting Full-Text Undergraduate Periodicals Databases.

Still, Julie M.; Kassabian, Vibiana

EContent, v22 n6 p57-62,65 Dec 1999

Examines how libraries and librarians can compare full-text general periodical indices, using ProQuest Direct, Periodical Abstracts (via Ovid), and EBSCOhost as examples. Explores breadth and depth of coverage; manipulation of results (email/download/print); ease of use (searching); and indexing quirks. (AEF)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text, Evaluation, Indexes, Library Material Selection, Nonprint Media, Online Searching, Online Systems, Periodicals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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