Comparing alternatives to the Web of Science for coverage of the social sciences’ literature

Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 161 - 169
Published: Apr 1, 2007
Abstract
null null The Web of Science is no longer the only database which offers citation indexing of the social sciences. Scopus, CSA Illumina and Google Scholar are new entrants in this market. The holdings and citation records of these four databases were assessed against two sets of data one drawn from the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise and the other from the International bibliography of the Social Sciences. Initially, CSA Illumina's coverage at...
Paper Details
Title
Comparing alternatives to the Web of Science for coverage of the social sciences’ literature
Published Date
Apr 1, 2007
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
161 - 169
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