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Database Evaluation Form for Librarians
Electronic Resources Committee, Montgomery College Libraries

Your evaluation of new databases is vital to the process of selecting electronic resources.  Please take a few moments to fill in this online evaluation form.  Your contribution is greatly appreciated.
Name:
Campus:   Germantown         Rockville        Takoma Park/SS
Database Evaluated:

Indicate for each of the four areas whether the database:

  • has functionality similar to most other databases that you have used, or about what you would expect (Meets expectations);
  • has functionality better than most other databases that you have used (Exceeds expectations), or:
  • has functionality inferior to most other databases that you have used (Below expectations)

I.  Searching .  

Search interface design:
clarity and ease of navigation 		Exceeds  Meets Below expectations
Basic search: limits/expanders, truncation Exceeds  Meets  Below expectations
Browse options: subject and index lists, menus Exceeds  Meets  Below expectations
Advanced: 
visual search, access to other databases 		Exceeds  Meets  Below expectations
Online help:
Search tips, help screens, guides, tutorials 		Exceeds  Meets  Below expectations


  II.  Content. 

Content quality and accuracy,
interdisciplinary content		 Exceeds  Meets Below expectations
Full text: quantity, searchable,
indexing, date coverage		 Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Content types:
academic, consumer, multimedia		 Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Level: content appropriate
for community college		 Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Content supports current curriculum needs Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations

III.  Retrieval. 

Ease of filtering, sorting, and selecting results Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Ease of viewing results Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Ease of printing, saving, and e-mailing results Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Ease of citing results Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations
Ease of linking to results:
persistent links to articles		 Exceeds   Meets  Below expectations

IV.  Overall Quality.

Exceeds expectations     Meets expectations     Does not meet expectations

Comments:

PURCHASE RECOMMENDATION

Recommend purchase                Do not recommend purchase 
Purchase recommendation depends on factors in comments below

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