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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2003
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ676517 |
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- The ERIC Database: A Comparison of Four Versions. Brown, Janet Dagenais Academic Libraries Comparative Analysis Databases Higher Education Library Collection Development Library Expenditures Library Surveys Online Vendors User Satisfaction (Information) Compares 48 features of four versions of the ERIC database, two commercial (SilverPlatter, FirstSearch) and two free (AskERIC.org, SeachERIC.org), to determine whether features of the commercial versions were worth the cost to academic libraries. Reports results of a survey that investigated user preferences, and concludes that value added features were worth the cost. (Author/LRW)