[WEB4LIB] ProQuest vs. EBSCO Host

[Floyd Ingram]

We are looking at adding ProQuest to our list of electronic resources that include EBSCOHost.  EBSCOHost is weak in the sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.) but strong in business and social sciences.  This is why we are planning to have both.  Is there a product out there that is strong in all disciplines?

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Floyd Ingram
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>>> Stacy Pober <spober at manhattan.edu> 11/02/99 04:50PM >>>
We currently use UMI/Bell & Howell's ProQuest as one of our online
databases, but we're contemplating a switch to the EBSCO equivalent,
EBSCO Host.  

Have any librarians out there used both?  How do they compare in ease of
use, coverage, speed, etc.?  

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Stacy Pober, Information Alchemist
Manhattan College Libraries
spober at manhattan.edu 
http://www.manhattan.edu/library/