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Role of Bibliographical Databases in Measuring Information: A Conceptual View
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Author(s): S. Hariharan (Marthandam College of Engineering and Technology, India), V. S. Prasanth (Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, India)and P. Saravanan (Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, India)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 11
Source title:
Innovations in Measuring and Evaluating Scientific Information
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): J. John Jeyasekar (Tamil Nadu State Forensic Sciences Department, India)and P. Saravanan (Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3457-0.ch005
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Abstract
The quantum of information being produced has made the information scientists to devise various ways and means to effectively organize and disseminate them when needed. Bibliographical, citation and abstracting databases are the some of the tools. This chapter intends to describe the conceptual base of bibliographical databases, their genesis and impact in library science perspective and their importance in measuring information. The chapter also presents the science of measuring information using various quantitative and qualitative approaches like bibliometrics and scientometrics.
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