Major Database Utilities

Scope

• There are a growing number of database utilities (DBUs) reflecting:
  • The growing corporate and consumer need and demand for all types of information.
  • The growth of the World Wide Web.
  • The increasing ease of use of database interfaces, thus lowering the learning curve for neophyte searchers.

Major Database Utilities

Database Utility	Notes
Dialog	Now owned by publishing giant Thompson, which also owns the Gale Group. Claims upwards of 600-900 databases. Main Web Site - http://www.dialog.com Web-based Search: http://www.dialogweb.com Web-based Search: "Classic" http://www.dialogclassic.com Telnet: telnet://dialog.com
DataStar	DIALOG's sibling: Has 350-plus, largely European, Databases.
H.W. Wilson	The publisher of the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	http://www.csa.com Overs over 50 databases, largely scientific.
STN on the Web	http://stnweb.cas.org
Questel-Orbit	http://www.questel.orbit.com
Dow-Jones Interactive	http://djinteractive.com Business-oriented Same folks who own Wall Street Journal
Newsnet	Best known for its collection of industry newsletters.
Lexis/Nexis	A major source of legal and business information. http://www.lexis-nexis.com
Dun & Bradstreet	Company information databases.
GaleNet	Gale Research's site mostly has online equivalents of the company's own reference books.
SilverPlatter	Offers its own and others' databases online and CD-ROMs.
Institute for Scientific Information	A number of scientific databases. It's most famous database is "Current Contents."
OCLC Reference Services	The bibliographic utility offers the FirstSearch service.
Ovid Technologies	Ovid offers a collection of its own and others databases. Focuses on biomedical information.

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