An introduction to the JISC academic database assessment tool

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Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Earney, Liam ^a  

^a Joint Information Systems Committee   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 75649108604     PISSN: 09530460     EISSN: 14753308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1629/22199     Document Type: Review

References (9)

1. The JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT): www.jisc-adat.com (accessed 16 September 2009).
2. For example, EBSCOhost offers access to more than 300 full text and bibliographic databases.
3. Scopus: http://info.scopus.com/ (accessed 16 September 2009).
4. Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/intl/en/scholar/about.html (accessed 16 September 2009).
5. http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events/workshops/giants/index.html (accessed 16 September 2009).
6. A Study Evaluating Bibliographic and Citation Databases in use by the UK Higher Education Community. Conducted by Nick Andrews Consultancy on behalf of JISC Collections; September 2006: http://www.jisc-adat.com/adat/docs/ Bibliographic-and-Citation-Databases.pdf (accessed 16 September 2009).
7. The 20 databases selected following a consultation with academic librarians in the UK were Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, Lexis Nexis, Business Source Premier (EBSCO), PubMed, Westlaw, British Education Index, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Inspec, British Humanities Index, COMPENDEX, MLA International Bibliographies, BIOSIS, EconLit, ABI Inform, Sociological Abstracts, EMBASE, Lawtel and Geobase.
8. The eight platforms selected following a consultation with academic librarians in the UK were: CSA Illumina, EBSCO, Engineering Village, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuest, Thomson DataStar and Web of Knowledge.
9. http://www.jisc-adat.com/adat/help-about.pl (accessed 16 September 2009).