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Peer reviewedNicholson, Scott – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Discussion of Web databases, or search engines for the Internet, presents a series of questions that can be used to analyze these tools based on library literature. Six search engines are analyzed; collection methods, indexing, and abstracting are compared; and a proposal for a future ideal Web database is included. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMesplay, Deborah; Koch, Loretta – RQ, 1993
Evaluates the coverage provided by eight indexing and abstracting services in the interdisciplinary field of women's studies. Content pages for 17 women's studies journals were checked against appropriate indexes to determine the comprehensiveness of coverage, and "Women Studies Abstract" was found to provide the best coverage. (15…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Indexes
Katter, Robert V. – 1968
Document searching systems, such as those in libraries, are comprised of chains of components that transmit information. The components consist of mechanisms for doing classification, indexing, abstracting and cataloging of documents, and for converting users' statements of need to expressions suitable for searching the system. Improvement of the…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automation, Cataloging, Classification
