Databases and political science research
Thomas Schaffer
(Thomas Schaffer is the Assistant Director of Access Services at Texas A&M’s Sterling C. Evans Library, College Station, Texas, USA.)
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Abstract
To date, librarians have not produced a study comparing databases that are appropriate for political science research. This study compares the coverage, content, and retrieval methods for nine databases. The study uses sampling to evaluate search results for six topics, providing relevancy percentages for each database. The article also reviews the types of documents cited in these samples, and provides recommendations for matching each database to particular research needs.
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Citation
Schaffer, T. (2001), "Databases and political science research", Online Information Review, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520110366706
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited