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UQL CYBERSCHOOL

Database Evaluation Form

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Name of Database

Searching Facilities

Is there a natural language search facility?

Yes   No

Is the advanced search facility simple to use?

Yes   No

Does the database provide the ability to sort results by a range of features?

    Relevancy

    Date

    Publication

 

Yes   No

Yes   No

Yes   No

Can the results be limited to date, to provide currency on a search topic?

Yes   No

Suitability of content

Is there sufficient Australian content for your needs?

Yes   No

Have you found sufficient full text results?

Yes   No

Did you find a variety of sources to suit your needs?

    Newspapers

    Journals

    Texts

    Pictorial sources

    Maps

    Internet links

 

Yes   No

Yes   No

Yes   No

Yes   No

Yes   No

Yes   No

Year Level Suitability

Was the information which was retrieved:

    On target for the advertised reading levels?

    Challenging, yet satisfied the needs of the users?

    Too difficult?

    Too low level for the target group?

    Was technical terminology explained?

 

Yes   No

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Yes   No

Internal Support

Were the "help" screens useful?

Yes   No

Did the "Search Tips" provide extra useful information to assist your students to become more proficient searchers?

Yes   No

Is there a multi-search function - author, title, keyword etc?

Yes   No

Is the default set at the required search function for your purposes?

Yes   No

Is there a Thesaurus of search terms which may assist the searching process?

Yes   No

Other comments?