A technique for the evaluation of a commercial information service and some preliminary results from the drugdoc service of the excerpta medica foundation

Scott, Elspeth J.; Townley, Helen M.; Stern, Barrie T.

doi:10.1016/0020-0271(71)90001-5

Information Storage and Retrieval

1971

DOI: 10.1016/0020-0271(71)90001-5

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A technique for the evaluation of a commercial information service and some preliminary results from the drugdoc service of the excerpta medica foundation

Elspeth J. Scott

Helen M. Townley

Barrie T. Stern

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Cost Effectiveness of Current Awareness Sources in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Ashmole¹,

Smith²,

Stern³

1973

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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In a previous paper from The Wellcome Foundation (Scott et al., 1971) a technique was described for measuring the usefulness of a commercial data base by comparing the choice of papers and of indexing terms to those chosen as relevant to the organization. In this second paper we are comparing the cost effectiveness of several commercial data bases, journal scanning by information scientists, and the impact of private communication.

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Cost Effectiveness of Current Awareness Sources in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Ashmole¹,

Smith²,

Stern³

1973

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Planning and design of on-line systems for the ultimate user of biomedical information

Blanken¹,

Stern²

1975

Information Processing & Management

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A comparison of data bases for retrieving references to the literature on drugs

Simkins¹

1977

Information Processing & Management

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A technique for the evaluation of a commercial information service and some preliminary results from the drugdoc service of the excerpta medica foundation

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Cost Effectiveness of Current Awareness Sources in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Cost Effectiveness of Current Awareness Sources in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Planning and design of on-line systems for the ultimate user of biomedical information

A comparison of data bases for retrieving references to the literature on drugs

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