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Ives, Jean E. – 1993
The Insurance Division of the Special Libraries Association began an index to insurance magazines, the "Insurance Periodicals Index" (IPI), in 1962. This study examines its historical development. The index was published monthly in an insurance trade journal and then cumulated into an annual edition. Part of the background for its…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Indexes
Macnaughtan, Don, Ed.; Nixon, Mary, Ed. – 1989
This manual is designed to assist the indexers and inputters of the Oregon Index, which is an online index to Oregon's major newspapers and journals. The Index provides dial-up access to a database of citations and is available at hundreds of points around Oregon, including libraries, schools, newspapers, and government offices. The database has…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Citation Indexes, Indexing
McCrank, Lawrence J.; And Others – 1989
The American Historical Association (AHA) has been providing bibliographic services for its membership by reviewing the monographic literature in the "American Historical Review" (AHR), using a list of books the AHA receives, and employing its periodical current awareness service comprised of "Recently Published Articles" (RPA)…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Books
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Stebelman, Scott – College & Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on a study of citation retrieval performance using three Internet-accessible databases and a database composed of six Wilson databases. Variables examined included citation frequency, percentage of unique periodicals cited per search, and relevancy of citations to stated search topic. The implications of the data for database selection are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Bibliographic Databases, Chi Square, Citations (References)