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This practical guide identifies and clearly describes the 100 most important online databases spanning all areas of industry, education, science, and the humanities. It evaluates their strengths and weaknesses, and offers tips and advice that will help both expert and beginning online searchers use each resource to its greatest advantage.
TIME AND MONEY-SAVING FEATURES INCLUDE:
an introduction to each of the 100 most important online databases
concise descriptions of subjects covered, types of data, sources, and data
arrangement
tips on searching each database
critical information on span and update frequency of data
advice on when not to use a certain database--with pointers on where to
look instead
information on CD-ROM and Internet availability
typical search costs
full contact information for all database producers
directory of principal online sources for all databases
Foreword, by Alfred Glossbrenner Acknowledgments Advisory Board Introduction
General & Business News Associated Press Reuters NEXIS Reuter TEXTLINE DIALOG PAPERS DataTimes Newspapers Dow Jones News Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News PR Newswire Business Wire
Honorable Mentions Newswire ASAP NewsGrid
Business PROMT ABI/INFORM Dow Jones Text Library Trade & Industry Database Globalbase NewsNet Newsletter Database Business Dateline INVESTEXT M.A.I.D. Researchline Global Report EconBase Tradeline/Tradeline International TRADSTAT Plus
Honorable Mentions PTS U.S. Forecasts and Time Series MarkIntel, MarkIntel Master MARKETFULL
U.S. & International Companies DISCLOSURE SEC Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions Plus News Media General/MegaInsight Company Intelligence Duns Financial Records Plus Dun's Market Identifiers Dun & Bradstreet Reports TRW Business Credit Profiles Thomas Register Online Worldscope International Dun's Market Identifiers Kompass Databases Dun's Global Families Online Corporate Affiliations
Honorable Mentions Hoover's Handbooks Extel Cards U.S. Businesses (American Business Directory)
Current Events, Law & Government Magazine Database Newspaper & Periodical Abstracts Burrelle's Broadcast Database PAIS International Political Risk Services LEXIS WESTLAW Legal Resource Index CQ Washington Alert
Honorable Mentions Federal News Service NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) General & Physical Science General Science Abstracts SciSearch Conference Papers Index CA FILE INSPEC MathSci Beilstein Online GeoRef Pollution Abstracts |
Honorable Mentions Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology PASCAL
Life Sciences & Medicine BIOSIS Previews CAB Abstracts AGRICOLA MEDLINE EMBASE Comprehensive Core Medical Library Health Periodicals Database
Honorable Mentions DIOGENES IMSWorld Databases
Technology & Computing Compendex*Plus NTIS IHS International Standards and Specifications Computer Database Datapro Databases SoftBase: Software Database
Honorable Mentions Microcomputer Software Guide Online Microcomputer Abstracts METADEX RAPRA
Intellectual Property World Patents Index INPADOC CLAIMS Databases U.S. Patents Fulltext Trademarkscan Databases U.S. Copyrights
Honorable Mentions European Patents Fulltext Derwent Patents Citation Index
Social Sciences & Humanities Social SciSearch PsycINFO Sociological Abstracts ERIC
Economic Literature Index America: History & Life Historical Abstracts Arts & Humanities Search Humanities Abstracts MLA International Bibliography Art Abstracts Philosopher's Index Magill's Survey of Cinema
Honorable Mentions Social Science Abstracts Roger Ebert's Reviews and Features
General Reference/Multidisciplinary OCLC Union Catalog Books in Print Dissertation Abstracts Academic Index ArticleFirst/ContentsFirst A Matter of Fact Academic American Encyclopedia Britannica Online POLL (Public Opinion Location Library) CENDATA OAG Electronic Edition Travel Service FedWorld
Honorable Mentions Bettmann Online GPO Monthly Catalog, GPO Publications Reference File LC MARC, PREMARC, REMARC UnCover
Appendix A: Sample Records Appendix B: Principal Databanks |
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