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The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir
The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Decisions made by database producers and online vendors or just plain old errors may result in different versions of the same database. Differences in processing and loading, MEDLINE, spelling variations and CD-ROM are discussed.
The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir
The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Notes the proliferation of online databases in the last two decades and suggests publications which can help librarians to make decisions about choosing a database. Discussion of information in the book "Directory of Online Databases," by Carlos Cuadra and "Computer-Readable Databases: A Directory and Data Sourcebook," with a preface by Martha E. Williams; Mention of the most popular databases, including MEDLINE, NEXIS, ERIC, World Patents, Predicasts files, Chemical Abstracts (CA) File, CA Search, and Financial Information Service; Discussion of databases most used by academic, corporate, and law libraries; View that popular databases are sought after because they have been in …