A Comparison of the Psychological Abstracts and National Institute of Mental Health Databases.

Baranowski, George V.

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A Comparison of the Psychological Abstracts and National Institute of Mental Health Databases.

Baranowski, George V.

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, v2 n1 p13-24 Fall 1980-81

Results of this study comparing coverage and features of Psychological Abstracts and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) online databases demonstrate a 49 percent citation overlap between the files. A complementary, not competitive, relationship is indicated by comparing citation overlap, journal coverage, descriptive indexing, treatment of identical and subject coverage. (EJS)

Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Online Systems, Periodicals, Sampling, Search Strategies, Tables (Data)

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