School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Source Publication (e.g., journal title)
Library Journal
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2002
Abstract
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, September 30, 2002, 19 databases disappeared without a trace from the Dialog online system. The reason? CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) and Dialog had failed to reach a renewal agreement. On October 1, Dialog searchers received a message "file does not exist" when they entered a CSA file number. A logon message listed the file numbers that were removed. (Admittedly, a notice was sent to subscribers, and a logon warning message ran for a couple of weeks prior to October 1.) This is just the latest case in a disturbing trend of disappearing databases.
Recommended Citation
Tenopir, Carol, "Disappearing Databases" (2002). School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_infosciepubs/432
Comments
pp. 38-40