Database Selection: One Size Does Not Fit All

Allison, DeeAnn; McNeil, Beth; Swanson, Signe

doi:10.5860/crl.61.1.56

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“…Allison, McNeil, and Swanson (2000) developed a strategy for making decisions on purchasing electronic resources using the following selection criteria: local conditions, pricing, feature options (output, search interface, search options, content, local linking), hardware costs, and network availability (Allison et al 2000). Metz (2000) focused on the broad areas of pricing, licensing, archiving, and functionality.…”

Section: Existing Evaluation Criteriamentioning

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A Critical Analysis of SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts Using an Evaluation Method for the Practicing Bibliographer

Mellone

2010

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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This study provides a database evaluation method for the practicing bibliographer that is more than a brief review yet less than a controlled experiment. The author establishes evaluation criteria in the context of the bibliographic instruction provided to meet the research requirements of undergraduate sociology majors at Queens College, City University of New York. Applying the criteria to critically analyze SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts finds that Sociological Abstracts better meets the needs of sociology undergraduates and concludes that Sociological Abstracts is the more inherently reliable and authoritative bibliographic resource for the indexing, abstracting, and researching of scholarly sociological literature.

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Section: Existing Evaluation Criteriamentioning

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A Critical Analysis of SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts Using an Evaluation Method for the Practicing Bibliographer

Mellone

2010

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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“…For the information professional, the availability of electronic resources entails greater involvement and responsibility in decision-making with regard to the acquisition of such resources and their delivery to the final user. These decisions are influenced by a variety of factors, namely, the existence of alternative sources of information that diversify and develop almost daily, continuous and speedy technological change, hardware, software and associated costs, network status and availability and the way information is delivered (in the case of databases, for instance, a LAN-based system may mean a 30-40% saving over single station systems), not to mention increasing user awareness of such resources and concomitant demands on the quality of the respective services (Allison, McNeil and Swanson, 2000).…”

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Measuring database service use patterns as a tool for evaluating the academic networked environment: the case of the Carlos III University Library

Suárez-Balseiro¹,

Casado²

2001

Performance Measurement and Metrics

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The processes involved in accessing information are essential to the continuous acquisition of knowledge in university environments. Hence the vital importance of studies on the use of the information resources available in academic institutions to enable them to reach their objectives, thereby contributing to the ongoing enhancement of the quality of higher education. A number of statistical techniques, including mapping techniques with multivariate analyses, are used in this paper to identify and highlight the features that characterise the use of the Carlos III University of Madrid Library's Database Access Services on the campus network from 1997 to 2000. Trends in the use of databases are evaluated and the indicators that typify tendencies and patterns by kind of user are analysed. Certain criteria on the interaction between users, new technologies and electronic information services in the academic networked environment are likewise discussed.

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“…132 After nearly six days of consultations the President went public on 22 October. He announced the Soviet move in Cuba and the decision to enforce a naval quarantine (i.e., blockade), preventing any additional Soviet missiles entering Cuba.…”

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Adding nonlinear tools to the strategist's toolbox

Gyllensporre¹

2001

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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ADDING NONLINEAR TOOLS TO THE STRATEGIST'S TOOLBOX., by LTC Dennis T. Gyllensporre, Swedish Army, 157 pages.Since the seventeenth century, Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion have had tremendous impact on the Western world's mind-sets for understanding nature as predictable and orderly. Consequently, Western strategic culture has been based on a linear paradigm. In linear systems outputs are proportional to the input, and the ration between input and output remains constant. Linear systems also comply with the rule of additivity and can be regarded as deterministic. Most importantly, in linear systems variables are treated independently. Today we know that Newton's laws do not explain how nature behaves. Thus, applications on nonlinear are emerging in many scientific disciplines, but in strategy, we keep committed to the paradigm outlined by Newton. The nonlinear paradigm accepts complexity and uncertainty as natural elements, and the characteristics of nonliner systems can be described as highly interconnected and the rule of additivity does not apply. Lack of proportionality makes nonlinear systems sensitive to initial conditions and studying the behavior of components in the system cannot derive the collective behavior. Based on new input, nonlinear systems bifurcate into multiple states and changes characteristics as new states are adopted.This thesis seeks to determine if the use of cognitive tools from the nonlinear realm can enhance national security strategies. A set of nonlinear tools is introduced and three strategic dimensions are examined: context, process, and content. Within the three dimensions six variables are studied; world order, political paradigms, decision-making, organizational structure, adaptation, and complexity, and uncertainty. The nonlinear tools are applied by relating to historical vignettes.The thesis concludes that national security strategies can be better understood, planned and executed by applying nonlinear tools. However, the greatest challenge lies in the transition to a new underlying paradigm and adopting a new mindset. Finally, a nonlinear perspective on national security strategies is outlined and recommendations for further research provided. Carl von Clausewitz, On WarThe use of national power is one of the most profound acts in modern society. Its means spans low-level diplomacy to unlimited nuclear warfare. The linkage from national interest to resource allocation and employment of national power is articulated in a national security strategy (NSS), defined as:The art and science of developing, applying and coordinating the instruments of power (diplomatic, economic, military, and informational) to achieve objectives that contributes to national security. 2. Linear activities comply with the rule of additivity. If a system is perturbed by two subsequent inputs, A and B, the joint output equals the output of the reversed order of input (i.e., B followed by A). The Japanese response to the nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is believed to be i...

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Database Selection: One Size Does Not Fit All

Cited by 9 publications

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A Critical Analysis of SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts Using an Evaluation Method for the Practicing Bibliographer

A Critical Analysis of SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts Using an Evaluation Method for the Practicing Bibliographer

Measuring database service use patterns as a tool for evaluating the academic networked environment: the case of the Carlos III University Library

Adding nonlinear tools to the strategist's toolbox

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