Using the Scientific Databases Subscribed to by the "Lucian Blaga" Central University Library in the Year 2005

The paper discusses some issues related to the online scientific databases subscribed to by the "Lucian Blaga" Central University Library in the year 2005. The study presents the four main online collections (ProQuest, Chadwyck Healey, JSTOR, SpringerLink) as well as the major problems related to their use. The different statistics, tables and graphics show an increasing interest in such online databases, which encourages the library management to make available such information sources to its users in the future too. It can also be observed that the databases were accessed by a great number of teachers, PhD students and undergraduate students both from the University and the Central University Library. Though the users' searching methods sometimes lacked the necessary professionalism, these electronic products seem to be a great help in the scientific activity of the readers.

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