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