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Electronic Resources Subcommittee
An Analysis of Database Overlap -- July 1997 NOTES
L=LUIS
O=OCLC FirstSearch Distance Learning Project
X=OVID
R=RLG Eureka/CitaDel SUS-wide subscriptions
D=Dialog@Carl + RLIN&CitaDel
S=SilverPlatter
C=Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
/c=Coming (sooner or later)
/E=On FCLA's ERL server
/F=Full-Text - ASCII
/N=Numeric data
/I= Image data
?=Titles on the vendor website that weren't on the Freund report evaluation lists

Duplicated Databases are in BOLD.

* Currently only subscribed to by UF

** LUIS: rolling 4 years
FirstSearch: 1985-to date
OVID: 1966+
DC: 1966+
SilverPlatter: 1966+ and rolling 4 or 8 years depending upon file

*** LUIS: 1887 to date
OVID: 1967+
DC: 1967+
SilverPlatter: 1967+

FirstSearch databases not included in the Distance Learning Project:

Chemical Abstracts Student Edition
Ebsco Masterfile
PsycInfo
Sociological Abstracts (full file)

 

LUIS -- FirstSearch (FS) -- Ovid
RLG Eureka -- Dialog@Carl (DC) -- SilverPlatter (SP)

 DATABASE

LUIS FS OVID RLG DC SP CSA
A-V Online         D S  
A Matter of Fact           S  
ABI/Inform (UMI)  L O/F X/F     S  
Academic Index/Full Text ASAP (IAC)            S/F  
Advanced Polymers Abstracts              C
Advice for the Patient            S  
Aerospace Database          D?    
Aerospace/Defense Markets & Technology (IAC)          D/F    
AgECONCD            S  
AgeLine (AARP)      X    D  S  
AGRICOLA    O  X/c    D  S  C
AGRIS International          D  S  
AGRISEARCH            S  
AIDS & Cancer Research (CSA)    O          C
 AIDSLINE      X    D  S  
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science DB      X        
 Aluminium Industry Abstracts             C
American Library Directory          D  S  
American Men & Women of Science            S  
Analytical Abstracts            S  
Anthropological Literature (RLG)        R  D    
Applied Science & Technology (HWW)  L  O  X    D  S  
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abst. (CSA)      X/c      S  C
Architecture Database          D    
Art Literature International (RILA)          D    
Art Index & Abstracts (HWW)  L  O  X/c    D/c  S  
ArticleFirst    O          
Arts & Humanities Search (ISI)    O          
ASI (Asia Statistics Index)          D    
Asia-Pacific          D    
Asia-Pacific Directory          D?    
Avery Architectural Index (RLG)        R  D    
BasicBIOSIS    O          
BEASTCD            S  
Bible (King James Version)          D/F    
Bibliography of Native North Americans            S  
Bibliography of the History of Art          D    
BioBusiness      X        
BioCommerce Abstracts and Directory          D    
BioethicsLine      X      S  
Biography Index (HWW)  L  O      D/c  S  
Biography Master Index          D    
Biological & Agri. Index (HWW)  L  O  X    D  S  
Biological Abstracts *  L/E    X    D?  S  
Biological Abstracts/RRM on CD      X      S  
 Biological Sciences             C
Biology Digest    O          
BIOSIS GenRef on CD      X      S  
BIOSIS Previews      X    D?  S  
Book Review Digest (HWW)  L  O      D/c  S  
 Book Review Index          D    
 Booklist            S  
Books in Print/Books out of Print (Bowker)  L  O  X      S  
Books in Print with Book Reviews            S  
Brands and Their Companies          D    
British Books in Print          D    
British Education Index          D    
Burrelle's Media Directory            S  
Business Organizations (Gale)    O          
Business & Industry      X/F/c    D/F?    
Business Abstracts (HWW)    O/F  X/F    D/F  S  
Business Dateline (UMI)    O/F          
Business Index (IAC)    L/F  X/F/c      S  
Buyer's Guide to Micro SoFTware          D    
CA Search      X        
CAB Abstracts      X    D    
CAB ACCESS              
CAB HEALTH          D S  
CABCD            S  
CABPESTCD            S  
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Full Text            S  
Canadian Business, Trade and Technology Full Text            S  
Canadian Business Directory          D    
Canadian Education Index            S  
Canadian Research Index            S  
CANCER-CD            S  
CANCERLIT      X   D S  
CENDATA: 10-Year Census Data          D/F    
CENDATA: Daily Census News          D/F    
CENDATA: County Business Patterns          D/F    
CHEM-BANK            S  
Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Abst.          D    
Chemical Safety Newsbase          D    
Chemstats          D/N    
Chicano Database (RLG)          D    
Choice            S  
CINAHL  L/E O X      S  
CLAIMS/Reassignment & Reexamination          D    
CLAIMS/Reference          D    
CLAIMS/U.S. Patents Abstracts Wkly          D    

CLAIMS/U.S. Patents Abstracts 1950-date

Chemical: 1950+
Electrical: 1963+
Design: 1976+
Mechanical: 1963+
Plant: 1976+

         D    
ClinPSYC      X     S  
Combined Health Information Database      X        
COMLINE on SilverPlatter            S  
Company ProFile            S  
Complete YEARBOOK Collection CD, Th            S  
Composites Industry Abstracts              C
Computer Retrieval of Info. on
Scientific Project
     X        
Computer ASAP            S  
Computer & Information Science Abstracts             C
Computer Database (IAC)          D/F?    
Consumers Index    O          
Conference Papers Index             C
ContentsFirst      I        
Court Petitions & Complaints          D/F    
CQ Researcher            S  
Criminal Justice Abstracts            S  
Criminal Justice Periodical Index          D    
CRIS/USDA          D    
CROPCD            S  
Cross-Cultural CD            S  
Cumulative Book Index (HWW)  L       D/c S  
Current Contents (ISI)  L   X     S  
Current Biotechnology Abstracts          D    
Datapro Product Specifications          D    
Datapro SoFTware Dir          D    
DataTimes Newspaper Abstracts    O          
Delphes European Business          D    
Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts            S  
DIOGENES FDA Medical Devices            S  
DIOGENES FDA Regulatory Updates          D/F    
Directory of Associations in Canada            S  
Disclosure Corporate Snapshots    O          
Disclosure Database          D    
Dissertation Abstracts (UMI)  L O X     S  
DOSE (Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects)            S  
Drug Information Full Text      X   D/F S  
Drug Information Fulltext / IPA            S  
E-CD (Environmental Quality)            S  
EARTHDISC            S  
ECODISC            S  
EconBase: Time Series and Forecasts          D/N    
EconLit    O X/c     S  
Economic Literature Index          D?    
Education Abstracts (HWW)  L O     D/c S  
Ei Compendex Plus  L   X   D S  
Ei Tech Index (TM)           S  
EINECS plus-CD            S  
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements            S  
EIU Country Analysis          D/F    
EIU Country Forecasts on Disc            S  
EIU Country Reports on Disc            S  
EIU Country Risk Service on Disc            S  
EIU International Business Newsletters on Disc            S  
EIU Investing, Licensing & Trading            S  
Electric Power Database          D    
Electronics & Communications Abstracts             C
EMBASE (Excerpta Medica)      X   D S  
EMBASE Alert          D S  
EMBASE Psychiatry      X     S  
EMBASE Drugs and Pharmacology      X     S  
EMBASE CD: Anesthesiology            S  
EMBASE CD: Cardiology            S  
EMBASE CD: Dermatology            S  
EMBASE CD: Gastroenterology            S  
EMBASE CD: Geriatrics & Gerontology            S  
EMBASE CD: Immunology & AIDS            S  
EMBASE CD: Nephrology            S  
EMBASE CD: Neurosciences            S  
EMBASE CD: Pathology            S  
EMBASE CD: Pediatrics            S  
EMBASE CD: Pollution & Toxicology            S  
EMBASE CD: Obstetrics & Gynecology            S  
EMBASE CD: Ophthalmology            S  
EMBASE CD: Orthopedic Surgery            S  
EMBASE CD: Radiology & Nuclear Medicine            S  
EMBASE CD: Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine            S  
Employee Benefits Infosource          D    
Encyclopedia of Associations          D S  
Energy Science and Technology          D? S  
Engineered Materials Abstracts              C
Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics             C
Environ. Sci & Pollution Mgmnt (CSA)    O X        C
ERIC  L O X   D S  
Essay & General Lit. Index (HWW)  L       D/c S  
ETDE Energy Database            S  
European Patents Fulltext          D/F    
EventLine (Elsevier)    O     D    
Exceptional Child Education Resources (ECER)            S  
Expanded Academic Index (IAC)  L/F   XF/c     S/F  
Extel International News Cards          D    
ExtraMED          D    
F-D-C Reports      X        
F&S Index plus Text (US and Int'l) (IAC)          D S  
FactSearch    O          
FastDoc    O          
 Federal Acquisition Regulations         D/F     
 Federal Register          D/F    
 Federal Research In Progress          D    
 Findex            S C
 FIRE-CD            S  
 FLUIDEX            S  
 FOMAD on CD-ROM Food and Drinks Market Data            S  
 Food & Human Nutrition            S  
 Food Safety-Plus            S  
 Foodline: Current Food Legislation          D/F?    
 Foodline: International Food Market Data          D?    
 Foodline: Science & Technology          D?    
 Foods Adlibra          D    
 Foods Intelligence on CD            S  
 FOREGE on CD-ROM Current Food Legislation            S  
 Foundation Directory          D    
 Foundation Grants Index          D    
 FRANCIS          D    
 FROSTI on CD-ROM Food Science and Technology            S  
 FSTA (Food Science and Technology Abstracts)            
 Gale Database of Publ. and Broadcast Media          D    
 Gale Directory of Databases            S  
 General Science Abstracts (HWW)    O X   D/c S  
 GeoArchive          D    
 GEOBASE (Elsevier)    O       S   
 GEOGRAPHY            
 GeoRef    O     D S  
 Globalbase (IAC)          D    
 GPO Monthly Catalog    O X   D S  
 GPO Publications Reference File          D    
 Grants          D    
 Groundwater and Soil Contamination Database            S  
 Handbook of Latin American studies (RLG)        R D/F?    
 Harvard Business Review Online      X   D/F    
 Health Devices Sourcebook          D    
 Health Devices Alerts          D    
 Health Reference Center      X      S  
 Health and Psychosocial Instruments      X        
 Health-CD            S  
 HealthSTAR      X   D S  
 Hispanic American Periodicals Index (RLG)        R D    
 History of Science and Technology (RLG)          D    
 Hoppenstedt Dir of German Companies            
 HORTCD            S  
 Hospital Collection, The            S  
 Human Nutrition            S  
 Humanities Index & Abstracts (HWW)    O X/c   D/c S  
 IARCancer Disc            S  
 IBSS Extra            S  
 ICONDA            S  
 IHS International Standards and Specifications          D    
 Index to Canadian Legal Literature            S  
 Index to Legal Per. & Books (HWW)  L O X   D/c S  
 Index to Hispanic Leg.(WLI, pt. 1) (RLG)          D    
 Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (RLG)        R D S  
 Industry ExpressSM (IAC)          D/F    
 Info-South: Latin American News          D    
 Information Science Abstracts          D    
 Information Science Abstracts Plus            S  
 INPADOC/Family and Legal Status          D    
 Inpharma Database            
 Inside Conferences          D?    
 Inside Information Plus          D    
 Insider Trading Monitor          D/N    
 INSPEC    O X   D S  
 Insurance Periodicals Index          D    
 International Business Directory          D    
 International Pharmaceutical Abstracts      X   D S  
 International Political Science Abstracts            S  
 Investext: U.S. Companies            S  
 Iowa Drug Information Service      X      S  
 ISMEC: Mechanical Engineering Abstracts            S  
 JAPIO          D    
 Journal Watch      X        
 Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Tech.          D/F    
 Kompass UK          D    
 Kompass Middle East/Africa/Mediterranean          D    
 Kompass USA          D    
 Kompass Western Europe          D    
 Kompass Asia/Pacific          D    
 Kompass Canada          D    
 Kompass Central/Eastern Europe          D    
 KR Investment Research Index          D    
 LABORDOC            S  
 LC MARC - Books          D    
 Legal Resource Index (IAC)