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Peer reviewedNicholson, Scott – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Discussion of Web databases, or search engines for the Internet, presents a series of questions that can be used to analyze these tools based on library literature. Six search engines are analyzed; collection methods, indexing, and abstracting are compared; and a proposal for a future ideal Web database is included. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKibirige, Harry M.; DePalo, Lisa – Information Technology and Libraries, 2000
Discussion of information available on the Internet focuses on two pilot studies that investigated how academic users perceive search engines and subject-oriented databases as sources of topical information. Highlights include information seeking behavior of academic users; undergraduate users; graduate users; faculty; and implications for…
Descriptors: Databases, Faculty, Graduate Students, Higher Education
