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Losee, Robert M., Jr. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Describes various methods of measuring information contained in a database or in a document collection. Economic worth or utility of information to the user is discussed, the value of data in decision making is considered, and an example comparing information in two library collections is presented. (41 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Decision Making, Information Science