1. The Endangered Database Species: Are the traditional commercial indexing/abstracting & full-text databases dead? Peter Jacso University of Hawaii UKSG Annual Conference University of Warwick, 2006 PowerPoint: Judit Tiszai

2. The Endangered Database Species: Are the traditional commercial indexing/abstracting & full-text databases dead? No Not all of them Not all of them – yet Not in all habitats Jacso

3. Variations of species – variations in status Indexing-only db-s Most abstracting db-s Some full-text db-s Jacso near extinction endangered/threatened vulnerable

4. DATABASESDATABASES Computer derived Human compiled video audio image textual numeric full-text abstracting indexing bibliogr-list Jacso Phylogenetic tree

5. Intrinsic reasons for endangered/threatened/vulnerable status Jacso StagnationBritish Education Index (on Dialog) DeflationMental Health Abstracts (MHA) StalenessGeoArchive Sloppy productionMHA, Information Science Abstracts (ISA) Journal base blightMHA, ISA Flab vs muscleSportDiscus (before acquisition by Ebsco) Self-destructione-psyche

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7. External reasons for endangered/threatened/vulnerable status Open Access 100 millions of OA indexing records 10 millions of OA abstract records Millions of free OA full-text documents Triple whammy– commercial competitors + government + smartest individuals Much enhanced competitive content Innovative & synergic hosting platform Appealing Interface Jacso

8. For the gory details see the following e-psychee-psyche Online 28(2) March/April, 2004, p. 54-58. e-psychee-psyche GaleNet January, 2004 e-psyche e-psyche e-XTRA January, 2004 Information Science AbstractsInformation Science Abstracts Database 20(1) February/March, 1997, p. 84-87. Update on the Currency of ISAUpdate on the Currency of ISA e-XTRA June, 2000 Database Source Coverage: Myth and RealityDatabase Source Coverage: Myth and Reality e-XTRA December, 2000 Cheers and Jeers for 2003Cheers and Jeers for 2003 e-XTRA December, 2003 Endangered Database SpeciesEndangered Database Species e-XTRA December, 2000 A look at the endangered species of the database world.A look at the endangered species of the database world. Information World Review No.164 December, 2000, p. 72-73. Mental Health AbstractsMental Health Abstracts Online 27(5) Sep/Oct, 2003, p. 53-55. SportDiscusSportDiscus GaleNet Nov, 2004 SportDiscusSportDiscus Online 28(6) Nov/Dec, 2004, p. 51-54. Some Pans of the Past Online 30(1) Jan/Feb, 2006, p. 58-60.Some Pans of the Past Jacso

9. too slow growth too small body size Jacso

10. The fate of two databases (updated March 15, 2006) PsycINFO MHA Jacso Deflation

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12. Self-delusion Jacso

13. Self-delusion Jacso

16. Illusions & Delusions Jacso

17. e-psyche vs Psycinfo on EBSCO Jacso Cutting corners

18. Self Destruction Jacso Only journal articles as cited references Only back to 1970 Maximum 10

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20. Champagne promises Jacso

21. From fake rigor... Jacso

22. ...to wishful thinking... Jacso

23. ...to delusion Who are you fooling? Jacso

24. Reality check Jacso

25. How many duplicates, triplicates, quadruplicates?... Jacso

26. Poor thesaurus Jacso

27. Fatal obesity Jacso

29. In spite of rigorous quality control... Jacso Rigor mortis sets in

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31. Staleness Jacso

32. Size does matter Jacso

33. Phylogenetic-tree (NON-scientific) © Jacso

34. Publishers directly give away millions of abstracts Jacso

35. Digital Faciliators aggregate Jacso

36. Sumo wrestlers get in the ring Jacso

37. Goverment versions have smarter software + many full-text for free Jacso

38. From the minimalist Jacso

39. To the maximalist Jacso

40. and in between Jacso

41. Ultra skeletal record on Dialog Jacso

42. Same record on Ebsco Jacso Useful links No abstract

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44. puny link

45. Why teasing with FindIt, when it could be linked directly? Jacso

46. Link it is, but not hot Jacso

47. thats good

48. Hot-linking, distractive Find It Button Jacso

49. Incorporated JMLA in PDF FT, no guessing game Jacso

50. Cited ref count links to Cited ref list Jacso

51. So happy to see also the CITEDNESS Count of some of the CITED items, but ….. Jacso

53. Obvious links missed

54. The cited JMLA article IS in the LISTA database with PDF FT! Jacso

55. The cited BMLA article biblio details are in LISTA but not the PDF FT Jacso

56. No citedness count, no list of cited references Jacso

57. lets view the FT at Jacso

58. list of cited refs – all cold Jacso

59. Richly enhanced cited refs for the haves and have-nots, but … Jacso

60. … Why the first ref to Serials is linkless? The second one is rewarding Jacso

61. MetaPress-hosted article Jacso

62. No citedness score but links to find out – within ScienceDirect and outside Jacso

63. Cited by within ScienceDirect Jacso

64. and cited in Scopus Jacso

67. Modest information about citedness in facilitator: MetaPress Jacso

68. pre-Emerald volume

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72. Far the best digital facilitator – HWP Jacso

73. and of course Google Scholar, but... Jacso

74. ...Inflated hit and citation counts + phantom links Jacso Google ScholarGoogle Scholar GaleNet Dec, 2004. Google Scholar (Redux)Google Scholar (Redux) GaleNet June, 2005. Google Scholar: the Pros and the Cons.Google Scholar: the Pros and the Cons. Online Information Review 29(2) 2005, p. 208-214. As We May Search - Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation- enhanced Databases.As We May Search - Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation- enhanced Databases. Current Science 89(9), 2005, p. 1537-1547. Current Science Google Scholar and The ScientistGoogle Scholar and The Scientist e-XTRA Oct, 2005. + coming soon Dubious Hit Counts and Cuckoo's Eggs. Online Information Review 30(2) 2006 (in press). Deflated, Inflated and Phantom Citation Counts. Online Information Review 30(3) 2006 (in press).

75. Phylogenetic-tree (NON-scientific) © Jacso

76. "Survival of the fittest" 1."Survival of the fittest" is a poor way to think about evolution. Darwin himself did not use the phrase in the first edition of Origin of Species. What Darwin said is that heritable variations lead to differential reproductive success. This is not circular or tautologous. It is a prediction that can be, and has been, experimentally verified (Weiner 1994). Jacso