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Peer reviewedCarter, Christina E. – Multicultural Review, 1992
With more than 38,000 references to journal articles, books, book chapters, and reports on Mexican Americans, the Chicano database offers the most comprehensive access to information on one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. It is a model for other ethnic CD-ROM projects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Database Producers, Databases, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedLosee, 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
Peer reviewedBowerman, Roseann; Cady, Susan A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
This investigation of utilization of machine-readable bibliographic records for government publications in online public access catalogs consists of a literature search, identification of applications of Government Printing Office (GPO) MARC tapes by bibliographic services and libraries, sampling GPO MARC test tape and profiling depository…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
