Full-Text Aggregation: An Examination of Metadata Accuracy and the Implications For Resource Sharing

Cummings, Joel (2003) Full-Text Aggregation: An Examination of Metadata Accuracy and the Implications For Resource Sharing. Serials Review 29(1):pp. 11-15.

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Abstract

The author conducted a study comparing two lists of full-text content available in Academic Search Full-Text Elite. EBSCO provided the lists to the University College of the Fraser Valley. The study was conducted to compare the accuracy of the claims of full-text content, because the staff and library users at University College of the Fraser Valley depend on this database as part of the libraries’ journal collection. Interlibrary loan staff routinely used a printed list of Academic Search Full Text Elite to check whether the journal was available at UCFV in electronic form; therefore, an accurate supplemental list or lists of the libraries' electronic journals was essential for cost conscious interlibrary loan staff. The study found inaccuracies in the coverage of 57 percent of the journals sampled.

Keywords:	journal aggregators; electronic journals; e-journals; resource sharing; interlibrary loan
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HL. Databases and database Networking. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JJ. Document delivery. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JB. Serials management. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HI. Electronic Media. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HK. Online hosts.
ID Code:	13620
Deposited By:	Cummings, Joel
Deposited On:	05 June 2008
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