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Electronic Resource Evaluation

Thank you for taking time to evaluate a database or other electronic resource and helping us to make decisions on current and future products.

Databases currently under consideration appear on the Database Trials page.

Please complete one form per resource evaluated. Your comments will be posted upon clicking the "Submit Evaluation" button.

1. What resource are you evaluating (database name or title)?  

2. Assess the features of this resource on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent):

      



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Comments
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Relevance
(appropriateness to curriculum)





Scope/Coverage
(coverage of subject(s), span of years included)





Comprehensiveness
(number and quality of resources covered, thoroughness of indexing)





Timeliness
(update frequency, currency)





Search functionality
(truncation, Boolean, keyword, field searching, limiting, search history)





User friendliness
(ease of navigation, screen legibility)





Full text availability
(inclusion of full document or at least an abstract for most cited entries)





Convenience
(online help, marking, printing, saving, e-mailing, link to Journal Locator, link to Interlibrary Services request form)





Cost
(reasonable price, feasibility)





3. If you already use similar resource(s), including print resources, that you consider preferable to this one, please list below:

4. If you consider this resource superior to other, similar ones (including print resources) that you already use, please list the other(s) below:

5. Overall recommendation:
 Highly recommended
 Recommended
 Not recommended

6. Additional Comments:

7. Your Name (optional)  

8. Phone Number  (optional)  

9. E-mail Address  (optional)  

10. What is your status at Fairfield University?
 Faculty
 Graduate
 Undergraduate
 Staff
 Other

11. With what academic department are you affiliated?

Please list if Other:      

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