An overview of European supply of social science information. Paper presented in ECSSID VI Conference, Canterbury, 1991

On the basis of the EUROSPES Directory of Social Sciences Data Bases, issued in 1990, this paper aims to analyze the information supply throghout the data bases created in the latin language European countries. It is divided into two parts. in the first part thc study shows thc main traits of the information contained in the data bases: kind of information offered, subjects covered, information technologics used, bibliographic rules. etc. The information diffusion is also studied: vendors, software. helping tools for users, services offered for access. The second part is devoted to thc analysi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Meyriat, Jean
Román Román, Adelaida
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
Verlag/Hrsg.: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Schlagwörter: Social sciences / databases / Spain / France / ltaly / Portugal / Belgium / comparative analysis / Ciencias sociales / bases de datos / España / Francia / Italia / Bélgica / análisis comparativo
Sprache: Englisch
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On the basis of the EUROSPES Directory of Social Sciences Data Bases, issued in 1990, this paper aims to analyze the information supply throghout the data bases created in the latin language European countries. It is divided into two parts. in the first part thc study shows thc main traits of the information contained in the data bases: kind of information offered, subjects covered, information technologics used, bibliographic rules. etc. The information diffusion is also studied: vendors, software. helping tools for users, services offered for access. The second part is devoted to thc analysis of the data described in the first part: a comparative study on the availability of information by country is given: this comparativc analysis goes over softwares compatibility, exchange formats, quality of access services, prices, training offered, etc. It finishes with sorne conclusions ahout the foreseen dcvelopmcnts and also about the possibility of coopcration in order to a more complete and efficient supply of automatic information on Social Sciences. ; Tomando como fuente de información para esta comunicación el Repertorio EUROSPES de Bases de Datos en Ciencias Sociales editado en 1990, se analiza la oferta de Información a través de las Bases de Datos creadas en los países europeos de habla latina. El objetivo del trabajo que se presenta es conocer, de manera detallada, los rasgos que definen esta oferta en cada país y en el conjunto de países estudiados. Estructurado en dos partes, en la primera se ofrecen, en primer lugar, datos sobre las características de la información contenida en las bases de datos: naturaleza de la información, temas sobre los que versa, cobertura temporal, técnicas documentales utilizadas, normas de descripción bibliográfica, productores de esas Bases de Datos. En segundo lugar, se estudian los aspectos relativos a la distribución de la información: distribuidores, -paquetes de gestión de bases de datos, instrumentos de ayuda al usuario para las consultas, tipo de acceso que se ofrece. La ...