[WEB4LIB] Re: ProQuest vs. EBSCOHost - Fulltext

[Jay Frantz]

I am finding that EbscoHost is rather sketchy in terms of the advanced
search procedures. I am left scratching my head oftentimes...They are
supposed to index a range of journals for example 1990-1991 and yet the
only ones that appear after a search is twenty-five. I am assuming that
they only include 25 in their indexing for that range. Our Acquisitions
Dept. seems to think that it would include the citations and some
full-text for all of the specified range in the above example. I don't
care for EbscoHost much because of their confusing interface.


Regards,

Jay H. Frantz,
Webmaster


On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Floyd Ingram wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> ProQuest vs. EBSCO Host:
> 
> 1. Which do you use?
> 
> 2. Are there other databases or online services to compare that are equal or better than the above (if yes, answer below questions for those)?
> 
> 3. Which database/s do you use of the above?
> 
> 4. What percentage of titles in Katz' Magazines for Libraries (if you use another source, please indicate) are indexed in fulltext in each database of the above services?
> 
> 5. Of fulltext titles, what is or is not indexed as fulltext in their issues (example, some do not index the ads)?
> 
> 6. How many fulltext titles are included in each database?
> 
> 7. What percentage of titles are fulltext?
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> 8. Which is more academic in nature?
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> 9. What are other strengths and weaknesses of selected databases?
> 
> Send responses to me.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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