Content analysis of the leading general academic databases
Library Collections Acquisitions and Technical ServicesPublished 29 June 2004
Kelly Blessinger, Maureen Olle
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Abstract
Title lists from the three leading general academic databases were compared to evaluate journal content. Some of the elements that were analyzed include subject coverage, the quality of titles provided, accessibility issues, and trends over time for these databases. While database title lists are now readily available on the Internet for comparison, as our article illustrates, these lists need further evaluation for proper assessment.
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