Bibliographic index coverage of a multidisciplinary field

by: William H Walters, Esther I Wilder

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 54, No. 14. (28 July 2003), pp. 1305-1312.

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Abstract

This study examines the literature of a multidisciplinary field, later-life migration, and evaluates the effectiveness of 12 bibliographic databases in indexing that literature. Five journals - three in social gerontology, one in rural sociology, and one in regional science - account for 40% of the papers published in this area. The disciplines that publish the most work on later-life migration are not necessarily those that provide the best index coverage, however. Moreover, four multidisciplinary databases each provide better index coverage than any single-subject index. The relatively low degree of overlap among the 12 databases suggests that scholars working on topics such as later-life migration must continue to rely on a wide range of bibliographic tools, both disciplinary and multidisciplinary.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:328291 L3 - citeulike-article-id:328291 N2 - This study examines the literature of a multidisciplinary field, later-life migration, and evaluates the effectiveness of 12 bibliographic databases in indexing that literature. Five journals - three in social gerontology, one in rural sociology, and one in regional science - account for 40% of the papers published in this area. The disciplines that publish the most work on later-life migration are not necessarily those that provide the best index coverage, however. Moreover, four multidisciplinary databases each provide better index coverage than any single-subject index. The relatively low degree of overlap among the 12 databases suggests that scholars working on topics such as later-life migration must continue to rely on a wide range of bibliographic tools, both disciplinary and multidisciplinary. IS - 14 JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology SN - 1532-2890 EP - 1312 TI - Bibliographic index coverage of a multidisciplinary field VL - 54 SP - 1305 KW - coverage-and-overlap KW - database-evaluation AU - Walters, William AU - Wilder, Esther PY - 2003/07/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.10337 ER -

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