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E-content database administrative services. A critical and comparative review.
Oct. 15, 2004
Peter Webster
Vendor ABC-CLEO CSA Ebsco Elsevier Gale (Infotrac)
OCLC (First Search)
Proquest Wilson Web
Statistics
Counter compliant.
ICOL Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Recently Counter.
Scheduled email stats.
No. They stopped
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stats Output format.
"excel friendly html", csv
html html, csv, tab
csv, excel, ascii, XML
text, csv, postscipt
html, html, csv, ~
ascii, csv
Stats by IP Yes. By tech support
Yes Yes. By tech support
No No Yes, By tech support
Yes
Stats by Journal
No Yes. By tech support. Fulltext only.
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
"My database" features.(saved alerts/searchs)
Yes.Saved alerts.
Yes. Saved alerts & searches.
Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
"My database" usage stats
No Yes. By tech support.
No Yes. Users emailed.
No No No No
Link Activity stats
No No Yes No No No No No
Validation
Refering page
Yes. By tech support.
Yes. Via java applet.
Yes No Yes. By tech support.
Yes Yes. By tech support.
Yes. By tech support.
Password setup
No No Yes Yes. By tech support.
Yes. By tech support.
No Yes. Yes.
Barcode pattern matching
No No Yes No Yes. By tech support, or local.
No Yes yes. By tech support
IP validation Yes. By tech. support.
Yes. By tech. support.
Yes Yes. By tech support.
yes. By tech support
yes Yes yes.
Other validation (NCIP, LDAP)
No No Shibboleth No No NCIP, No No
Vendor ABC-CLEO CSA Ebsco Elsevier Gale (Infotrac)
OCLC (First Search)
Proquest Wilson Web
Vendor ABC-CLEO CSA Ebsco Elsevier Gale (Infotrac)
OCLC (First Search)
Proquest Wilson Web
Linking
Link to OPAC Url only. No parametors.
Yes. Multiple.
Yes, most major ILS.
No. only via link resolver.
Yes. 3 local links.
Yes. 5 ILS Yes Yes
Crossref linking
No No Yes No No No Yes No
Specific product linking
10 providers.
24 providers.
48 providers.
No No Yes. Jstor. Yes Yes. Set groups of products.
Linking via Resolver
SFX, SS, ebsco
14 Link resolvers.
21 link resolvers.
Yes, Yes. Only SFX named.
Yes Yes SFX, Wilsonlink.
Custom linking?
No No Yes No Yes Z39.50, url
Yes Yes
Filter lists provided (competitors title lists)
Yes. Checkoff for specific vendors.
Yes. Checkoff for specific vendors.
Yes. Many lists, not all.
No No. For local holdings only.
No Yes No
Custom Filter lists?
No No Yes No No. For local holdings only.
No Yes For local holdings only.
Title Lists
Title Lists from Admin. Module?
No No Yes. Html, tab, marc
No No No. Yes. Html, excel, ascii, custom.
No
Public title list?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Journal level persistent URLs?
No Yes. Syntax provided.
Yes. Only from Admin.
Yes. Syntax provided.
Yes. Yes. From 12 databases.
Yes. Only from Admin.
Yes. Syntax provided.
Title list format(s)?
html, ascii html html, excel, pdf
html,csv html, excel, word, pdf
ascii, html html, Excel, text, tab, csv
html, text, excel
Marc provided?
No No Yes No Yes No Priced Yes
Title change alerts?
No Yes, from technical notes list.
Yes. Listserv. Separate password.
Yes. SD Updates link
Monthly title change lists.
Yes. Product email list.
Yes. Product email list.
Yes
Page Locations?
Separate reports &admin. Separate passwords.
Reports, admin, titles, linked from webpages.
Title changes on webpage. Separate password.
Separate reports, admin, .webpages. Separate passwords.
Admin & webpages.
Separate reports &admin.
Separate reports &admin.
Admin & webpages.
Vendor ABC-CLEO CSA Ebsco Elsevier Gale (Infotrac)
OCLC (First Search)
Proquest Wilson Web
•Project Counter. www.projectCounter.org
•Crossref Linking Backbone. www.crossref.org
•NISO Metadata Initiative. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/niso-mi/index.php/Main_Page
•NISO Web Services Inititiative.http://www.niso.org/committees/VIEWS/VIEWS-info.html
•ARL Statistics and Measurement Program.http://www.arl.org/stats/newmeas/index.html