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EBSCO and ProQuest in eIFL Countries

EBSCO and ProQuest in eIFL Countries. Paper prepared by Biljana Kosanovic and KoBSON Full-text at: www.eifl.net Members only area information sharing Reports, Studies & Articles. Method. analysis at the individual journal title level

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EBSCO and ProQuest in eIFL Countries

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  1. EBSCO and ProQuest in eIFL Countries Paper prepared by Biljana Kosanovic and KoBSON Full-text at: www.eifl.net Members only area information sharing Reports, Studies & Articles

  2. Method • analysis at the individual journal title level • citation analysis as the objective method of judging the quality of journals (JCR) • journal title lists provided by aggregators on April, 2003 • only full-text journals with ISSN • aggregators abbreviated journal titles in their own way • eg. ISSN 0896-7385 we found three titles: (1) Cancer Biotechnology Weekly (2) Cancer Weekly (3) Cancer Weekly Plus

  3. Contents: sub-databases

  4. Facts about contents…

  5. Common contents EBSCO ProQuest 940 4828 unique titles 705 unique titles

  6. Facts about contents

  7. Conclusion • EBSCO's package: • expanded their offer • move to STM content • ProQuest package: • less number of titles but more significant content • high number of Social Science journals

  8. Compare vendors • Selection of e-resources • Selection of content • Evaluation of content • Providing coordinators with an interface to all information resources (journals) • Database being considered

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