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Ojala, Marydee – Searcher, 1996
Examines the practice and implications of issuing corrections, retractions, and amplifications in online databases. All database producers do not provide mechanisms to accommodate retractions and corrections, and it can be difficult for a searcher to find evidence of error correction. Sidebars illustrate both the lack of and evidence of…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Editing, Legal Responsibility