The Quick and the Dirty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Database Overlap at the Journal Title Level

Harker, Karen; Kizhakkethil, Priya

doi:10.1080/0361526x.2015.1016858

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“…Issues created by poor data quality may include missing ISSN data, incongruence between print ISSNs and electronic ISSNs, as well as duplicate records within a single title list. Previous studies have also suggested that this approach only allows for overlap analysis to be conducted via paired comparisons rather than multilevel analyses (Harker and Kizhakkethil 2015).…”

Section: Previous Aandi Overlap Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

STEM Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) Tool Overlap Analysis in 2020: An Open Science Informed Approach Amid Pandemic Budgets

Borycz¹,

Carroll²,

Eskridge³

2021

JeSLIB

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Objectives: Compare journal coverage of abstract and indexing tools commonly used within academic science and engineering research. Methods: Title lists of Compendex, Inspec, Reaxys, SciFinder, and Web of Science were provided by their respective publishers. These lists were imported into Excel and the overlap of the ISSN/EISSNs and journal titles was determined using the VLOOKUP command, which determines if the value in one cell can be found in a column of other cells. Results: There is substantial overlap between the Web of Science’s Science Citation Index Expanded and the Emerging Sources Citation Index, the largest database with 17,014 titles, and Compendex (63.6%), Inspec (71.0%), Reaxys (67.0%), and SciFinder (75.8%). SciFinder also overlaps heavily with Reaxys (75.9%). Web of Science and Compendex combined contain 77.6% of the titles within Inspec. Conclusion: Flat or decreasing library budgets combined with increasing journal prices result in an unsustainable system that will require a calculated allocation of resources at many institutions. The overlap of commonly indexed journals among abstracting and indexing tools could serve as one way to determine how these resources should be allocated.

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Section: Previous Aandi Overlap Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

STEM Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) Tool Overlap Analysis in 2020: An Open Science Informed Approach Amid Pandemic Budgets

Borycz¹,

Carroll²,

Eskridge³

2021

JeSLIB

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“…Examples of this type of collection analysis in the literature include the utilizing usage statistics to gauge the strength of the collection, 37 to provide comparison data with other libraries, 38 and to provide data for discussions with faculty about the types of assignments used in and thus resources needed for their courses. 39 Additional examples include database overlap comparisons, 40 analyzing reference chat transcripts to improve management of electronic resources, 41 and combining usage statistics with citation studies to evaluate a large journal package. 42 While these are just a smattering of examples, they represent attempts to match collections to curriculum and faculty research needs, and to provide librarians a more systematic way of crafting the best collection for the library's constituents.…”

Section: Involvement In Collection Developmentmentioning

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Connections, Conversations, and Visibility: How the Work of Academic Reference and Liaison Librarians Is Evolving

Johnson¹

2019

RUSQ

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The work of reference, subject, and liaison librarians is evolving, rapidly in some cases. This article provides an overview of the new roles that these librarians are involved in based on an extensive review of the literature in these areas over the last ten years. While some of these roles have been extensively covered in bibliographic essays of their own (data management, changes to information literacy instruction), this article attempts to provide a broader view of the situation, along with highlighting salient examples of the ways that librarians are trying to forge new and different connections with faculty and students, facilitate important conversations, and stay visible and relevant on their campuses.

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“…Librarians at University of North Texas explored several freely available and paid tools which could act as faster alternatives to Excel. However, inconsistencies in the results showed that multiple tools were necessary to get a true picture (Harker & Kizhakkethil, 2015). Add-ons to Excel such as AbleBits allowed tables to be merged easily.…”

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Using a Workflow to Reduce Database Costs without Affecting Collection Needs

Sheldon

2018

palrap

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A small university with limited staff and resources created a workflow to help streamline decision making during renewal of subject databases. A literature review of common assessment methods found cost per use, content overlap analysis, and relevance to the curriculum to be the most common metrics. However, each individually provided an incomplete portrait of usage. A flowchart documented the decision process and incorporated multiple metrics. Implementing this workflow reduced the library’s materials budget by 3% for the following fiscal year. This process may be implemented at other libraries to lower overall budget spending, while still providing content aligned with the local curriculum.

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The Quick and the Dirty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Database Overlap at the Journal Title Level

Cited by 10 publications

References 0 publications

STEM Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) Tool Overlap Analysis in 2020: An Open Science Informed Approach Amid Pandemic Budgets

STEM Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) Tool Overlap Analysis in 2020: An Open Science Informed Approach Amid Pandemic Budgets

Connections, Conversations, and Visibility: How the Work of Academic Reference and Liaison Librarians Is Evolving

Using a Workflow to Reduce Database Costs without Affecting Collection Needs

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