Focus on Assessment - Dec 21, 2009

The purpose of ADAT is to assist librarians in understanding the overlap and content of various
databases. The site, available at http://www.jisc-adat.com, provides information on content and
title lists of bibliographic and full-text databases and e-book platforms. Information is vendorsupplied
and accessible via a dashboard of options.

Options include the ability to search and compare title lists, view and/or compare platform
features (e.g., de-duplication capability), and to view database information in graphical format.
Tables and charts on geographical coverage, top publishers in database, and language
distribution are several of the options provided.

ADAT is a free resource, hosted by JISC Collections (Joint Information Systems Committee) in
the UK. For more information, consult the ADAT website or the open access article “An
Introduction to the JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool”. A link to ADAT has been
added to the Library Assessment and Metrics Council’s Resources page.

Submitted by Linda Musser for the Library Assessmen